Whitechapel’s War Heroes (1917)

World War One. Dedication of shrine for war heroes at St. Mary’s church in Whitechapel, London. Flash frame of title. MS group of altar boys walking past line of other little boys who stand up against brick wall of building, shrine is on window ledge. Clergyman enters. Same scene: vicar and woman stand on platform, boys and crowd face him. Vicar gives speech and then opens up shrine with help from woman. Woman wears black armband - probably war widow. 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