Town Honours Its Own Vc (1940)

Full title reads: “Town Honours Its Own VC“. South Shields, Tyne and Wear. VS of the civic reception on the steps of South Shields Town Hall for Second Lieutenant Richard “Dickie“ Annand, Victoria Cross. The soldier won his VC in Belgium. Large crowds listen to speech by Mayor outside Town Hall. Annand saved his batman Private Joseph Hunter by carrying him in a wheelbarrow. 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 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.