The King With The Home Guard (1942)

Titles read: “THE KING WITH THE HOME GUARD“. Somewhere in the South East of England. Various shots of King George VI visiting soldiers of the Home Guard in the South Eastern Command. The King has recently become Colonel-in-Chief of the Home Guard. He watches soldiers in training and chats to some of them, including Lance-Corporal Robey, son of comedian George Robey. Another soldier shows the King a new submachine gun called the Sten which is now being issued to the Home Guard. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews