Earl Haig Installs Rudyard Kipling As Lord Rector (1923)

Item title reads - Earl Haig in his Chancellor’s robes, at installation ceremony of Rudyard Kipling as Lord Rector. St. Andrew’s University, Scotland. M/S of a line of soldiers wearing kilts. Earl Haig walks along and inspects them, he has his Chancellor’s robes on over his uniform. He shakes hands with some of the men, the camera pans across to other men in robes, they get blown about in the wind. M/S of Haig talking to a man in robes. M/S as the whole group pose in front of the University, Earl Haig is sat next to Rudyard Kipling who leans across to speak to him. 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 represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-19
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