Town Criers (1914-1918)

Town Criers. London. CU group of elderly men; in long robes with lace cuffs on sleeves; etc. One is reading from a paper; shouting out public announcements as in olden days. Then shot from a slightly raised spot of crowd in busy street or square (looks like it is near Bank in the City of London - SL); lots of bowlers; a monument in middle of crowd. Another shot of crowd in street; with another statue on a tall pedestal; double decker bus in BG. Back to the 2 old men. 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 (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from