King Opens Royal Tournament (1922)

Olympia, London. Full titles read: “King opens Royal Tournament - Everyone should see the Navy’s wonderful rope climbing act.“ L/S of King George V walking in main arena with other dignitaries. He inspects Guards. Various L/S’s of the the members of the Navy performing rope climbing act. A large circle of ropes hangs from the ceiling in the main arena. Men can be seen climbing up the ropes very rapidly. Then others climb climb up while their colleagues gradually slide down to the ground. 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