A Massed Hornpipe (1928)

Full titles read: “A Massed Hornpipe - by 900 young sailors for the Prince of Wales at annual inspection of Royal Naval School.“ Greenwich, London. L/Ss show numerous lines of sailors marching across a parade ground on a very wet day at the Royal Naval School; the Prince of Wales (Duke of Windsor, King Edward VII) salutes them. M/S of the Prince fiddling with his gloves and straightening his tie. Great L/S of hundreds of young sailors doing the hornpipe on the parade ground (I’m going to learn this!). 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-
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