Sir Walter Monckton Launches ’sponsor A Boy’ Appeal (1955)

Unused / unissued material - Westminster, London. Athletes Roger Bannister, Gordon Pirie and Minister of Labour and National Service Sir Walter Monckton pay £1 to ’Sponsor a Boy’. GV as General Sir Claude Auchinleck introduces Sir Walter Monckton. Sir Walter speaks. Sir Walter shows Prince Philip’s (the Duke of Edinburgh) £1. Sir Walter with Auchinleck, Bannister and Pirie pay over Prince Philip’s subscription. GV as people pay to ’Sponsor a Boy’. (Orig. Neg.) Old record suggests material dates from around 11/07/1955. 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 Gaum