Regimental Pageantry (1930)

Full titles read: “Regimental Pageantry - 1537 - 1930“ (new title) “Almost 400 years ago Henry VIII authorized the Guild of St. George to “practice with longbows and handguns“. So, in A.D. 1537, the famous Honourable Artillery Company was born - “. Location of events unknown. M/Ss of a group of men dressed as Roundheads, marching across a field behind a marching drummer. Men in Tudor costume, some carrying bows, walk across the field. Intertitle reads: “Fifty years later, the members were known as ’Captains of the Artillery Garden’. - This is how they appeared at the time of the Armada - “. High angle M/S of men walking along, dressed as guards from the Elizabethan era (?). Intertitle reads: “In 1641, Britain’s oldest Regiment - known as “Gentleman of the Artillery Garden“ - consisted of pikemen and musketeers.“ Pikemen and musketeers march across the field, then stand with pikes and muskets, preparing to fire. The musketeers fire their guns and we hear applause from spectators. Intertitle