King with the Home Guard

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
42/57
Date Released
16 Jul 1942
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
King in South Eastern Command after recently becoming Colonel in Chief of the Home Guard, inspects men and talks to some of them including Lance-Corporal Robey, son of the comedian [George]. He also sees demonstration of new automatic gun, the Sten gun.
Keywords
Royalty; Weapons; Civil defence
Locations
England
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip
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'King with the Home Guard', Pathe Gazette Issue No. 42/57, 16 Jul 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/99532 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)