Royal Art Band Aka Royal Artillery Band Issue Title Is Stepping Out (1939)

Part of STEPPING OUT issue. Location of events unknown. M/S of Royal Artillery Band marching around parade ground. Superimposed over top are C/Us of instruments being played and large artillery guns. C/U of band master, Lieutenant Geary. Interior of classroom. Various shots of young teenage boys in military uniforms practising scales on the violin. More shot of boys practising their instruments: clarinets, cellos, violins, double bases, trumpets and tubas. More shots of band marching on parade ground. Various C/Us of some of the cadets playing their instruments. The boys join the band at 14 years old, some go onto become bandmasters. London. L/S of 70 piece Royal Artillery Band performing military music on stage. The musicians are all fully trained members of the band. 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 LIC