Queen Visits Salvage Centres (1941)

Title reads: “The Queen visits Salvage Centres“. Paddington, London. Various shots of Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) visiting a salvage centre, she looks at the vast collection of items that will go towards the war effort. The Lord Mayor of Paddington accompanies the Queen. Items include bottles, tins and paper for recycling, also an old tin helmets from World War One, they have been collected by the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS). Brief M/S of Queen inspecting work of men on railway line. High angled shot of Royal car driving away. 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 Paramou