The King’s Illness Aka The Kings Illness (1928)

No title, paperwork reads - The King’s Illness - the Queen deputised for His Majesty King George V at opening of Spitalfields Market. “God Save the King.“ London L/S of Queen Mary holding some flowers and looking at a fruit stall, she makes her way down the other stalls, while people stand around. M/S as she walks through the middle with the mayor and other officials. M/S as she poses by a fruit stall then moves off. The camera pans across water and docks, a bulldozer swings around and digs out earth. M/S as a train draws up pulling trucks full of earth, the camera pans across the conveyor belt dropping earth off the end. Note: this record also incorporates ’The Shannon Scheme’ in G 1558 from 01:07:42 to the end. 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 repres