Chief Constable William Burns Lindley (1914-1918)

Chief Constable William Burns Lindley - Review of Specials. Location of events unknown - somewhere in England. (Leeds - see amendment below) Review of the Special Constables (men not at war because of age; disability; etc.) Opens with title frame: ’Chief Constable William Burns Lindley giving orders.’ Pan across many men (wearing various suits but the same Specials caps and white armbands) standing; holding salute; in a park. The drill then breaks up and the men head off in all directions. Then GV specials marching through the park; behind a man on horseback; coming toward camera. Pan over to the men as they go past; to right. More of the Specials marching toward camera. More and more. World War One. Home front. Amendment August 2011: John Lindley wrote in to notify us that William Burns Lindley was Chief Constable of Leeds. He was born in Leeds on 1857 and he died in Leeds in 1919. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARI