Dominion Premiers At Guildhall (1944)

Unissued / Unused material. The Guildhall, London. The Acting Chamberlain walks up to New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser and Australian Prime Minister John Curtin. He performs ceremony which gives them the Freedom of the City. They sign the document and ceremony continues. M/S Anthony Eden. Various shots as Curtin and Fraser both make speeches about the war and the role of the dominions. Cataloguer’s note: Also present are Jan Smuts of South Africa, Clementine Churchill and Canadian Premier Mackenzie King but they cannot be seen properly. FILM ID:1943.1 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 Para
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