1918 King visits Manchester

Date: 1st January 1918

Location: ENGLAND, Lanchashire, Manchester

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: Manchester, The King Distributes Decorations

ENGLAND: Lanchashire: Manchester:

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The King puts a medal on the chest of a man in civillian dress and shakes his hand

The king hands medals to women and shakes their hands before they move on to shake the hand of Queen Mary

Men and women around the King give three cheers and the King steps up and salutes before stepping back to the side of the Queen

The King gets into a car and the car drives away

Cars drive along street

The King, Queen and their entaurage get out of a car while a crowd watches, including a man hand-cranking a camera on a tripod

The crowd, led by army officer, gives three cheers for the King as the Queen stands nearby

Dignitaries walk up to King George V and Queen Mary to shake hands with the King and Queen before moving on

The King, officers and dignitaries stand chatting and milling about

Queen Mary steps out of the car and up to a platform and King George V follows along with their entaurage and dignitaries

The King gives the crowd a long salute while a camerman hand cranks a camera nearby to record the moment

The King decorates soldiers, shares a word with them and shakes their hands

Troops stand in line before the King, occassionally one bows

The King decorates civillian and military men and hands a medal to a woman

Military members stand in line and cheer the King, raising their hats

The royal party acknowledges the cheers of the crowd

The royal group watches New Zealand soldiers marching past King

King George V and Queen Mary walk up to a group of seated and standing wounded men and chat with them

Soldiers raise their hats to royals from behind baracade

Soldiers carrying weapons walk past King

The royal party walks along crowd lining the street and stops to talk to officers

The royal party poses on the steps of a building

The King and Queen greet woman in street and pause to greet a nurse, who curtsies

A tightly packed crowd of citizens cheers enthusiastically

King George V and Queen Mary walk past crowd

King George V and Queen Mary drive past waving women workers

Cars carring King George V and Queen Mary drive past waving crowd

Crowd waves to King George V and Queen Mary

Military troops march in street

King George V and Queen Mary pose with military members and royal entaurage on steps of building

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