Desmond7 Posted 18 December , 2009 Share Posted 18 December , 2009 Thanks to Thants with his 50th anniversary Somme link, I've been able to browse through the Pathe site .. and come across this.. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=18364 It is the opening of the Ulster Tower!! I've not seen this footage anywhere before. It is amazing. Get in their and search folks, lots of WW1 stuff ... Lord French at Peace Day in Belfast etc etc. I suggest forum members key in the names of their city or regiment and see what pops up. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithfazzani Posted 18 December , 2009 Share Posted 18 December , 2009 Thanks for posting this, fascinating. I wonder who the soldier with his wife? is, at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris mccarthy Posted 18 December , 2009 Share Posted 18 December , 2009 Sergeant Joseph Savage and his French wife. It says!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 18 December , 2009 Share Posted 18 December , 2009 Thanks Des, fantastic footage. Beaumont Hamel Caribou unveiling I wonder what else is in there? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 18 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2009 From an Ulster point of view this is gold-dust. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=29370 French takes the salute in Belfast at the peace day parade ... note the number of men on parade (guess what Divisional number!) Plus this was the day that Cyril Fall's history of the Division was published 'for the men' with French writing the foreword. I have found literally dozens of WW1 era snippets .. even the opening of the Thiepval Memorial itself. As for those with an interest in the immediate pre-war 'volunteers' of either persuasion .. some great stuff in there. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 18 December , 2009 Share Posted 18 December , 2009 Another remarkable film Des. The Queen in Ulster. James Duffy VC Royal Enniskillens Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 18 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2009 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=25609 This is great fun - first third of this footage is set in Dublin ... Free State army etc in Collins parade. Stick with it for opening of 16th Div memorial at Locre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 18 December , 2009 Share Posted 18 December , 2009 Do a search on Victoria Cross! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 19 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2009 I'll be at this for days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 19 December , 2009 Share Posted 19 December , 2009 Cyril Bassett VC Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 19 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2009 Minden Post http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=70710 Pathe have got the date WAY wrong!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 19 December , 2009 Share Posted 19 December , 2009 Des, thanks for yet another wonderful link to history. Amazing it certainly is. Susan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Carter Posted 22 December , 2009 Share Posted 22 December , 2009 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=19614 New Zealand Memorial, near Longueval 1922 Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 22 December , 2009 Share Posted 22 December , 2009 If you click on Des' link above, once it opens up if you scroll down the page you will find a load of 'Related Links' to other film footage such as: 'Battle of the Marne' (1920) - click on that link, scroll down and more links such as: 'In Compiengne Forest - The Fallen Eagle' (1922) , and so it goes for each link you click on. Some very good material here. Thaks for posting it Des. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 22 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 22 December , 2009 As others have found out, I maybe should have titled this thread a little differently .. but you know my 'thing'! Fact is, there is a TREASURE trove of WW1 and pre and post WW1 stuff for people here. Hats off to British Pathe. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenBanna Posted 22 December , 2009 Share Posted 22 December , 2009 Great Links Desmond I was fascinated by the Beaumont Hamel footage. Thanks Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianjonesncl Posted 22 December , 2009 Share Posted 22 December , 2009 Unveiling of the Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish memorial by Marshal Foch in April 1922 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=18508 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inishowen Posted 23 December , 2009 Share Posted 23 December , 2009 Many thanks for this Des. Happy Christmas to all in Ballymena Hi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
british tommy Posted 23 December , 2009 Share Posted 23 December , 2009 What an amazing site to find, many many thanks Desmond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 23 December , 2009 Share Posted 23 December , 2009 Wonderful site, many thanks for pointing it out Des & to Thants for discovering it in the first place. Advanced searches on 'tanks', 'Zeppelin', etc, etc with a restricted date range come up with some great footage. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 23 December , 2009 Share Posted 23 December , 2009 Thanks for bringing the site to our attention. A wealth of footage. I found a film of the French Chasseurs d'Afrique being transported north by train in 1914, possibly the 3e Regiment which, if it was them, suffered heavy casualties at Rossignol within 3 weeks of the photo been taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 23 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2009 It should be pointed out that forum member Thants can take the credit for this .. he steered me in the right direction with his original post. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 23 December , 2009 Share Posted 23 December , 2009 Thanks to both of you then Spending hours on this, it's fantastic, including THIS There is one clip of a man whose helmet has been dented by a bullet. See how tired he looks. Also, who is the VC recipient at, 7 minutes 40 seconds? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 27 December , 2009 Share Posted 27 December , 2009 Thanks to both of you.There is a footage of the 2nd Bn the Black Watch Drilling.excellant site. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 28 December , 2009 Share Posted 28 December , 2009 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=76025 News clip Scottish soldiers,there are some very interesting news items on Pathe News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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