A Great Soldier Passes (1932)

Full title reads: “London. A Great Soldier Passes. Hail & Farewell to F. M. Viscount Plumer of Messines ... to rest side by side with the Unknown Warrior in Britain’s Valhalla.“ London. Military funeral parade for Field Marshall Viscount Plumer. His coffin draped in a Union Jack flag is carried on a horse drawn gun carriage. As the procession passes through the streets of London large crowds watch. Shot of man in military uniform (this may be a library shot of Lord Plumer). The coffin is carried in to a cathedral by army personnel. 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
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