A Field Marshal’s Baton (1941)

Item title reads - A Field Marshal’s baton. Pretoria, South Africa. L/S interior of Government House, Pretoria. M/S of Governor General of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, making a speech. Various shots as he presents the Field Marshal’s baton to Field Marshal Jan Smuts on behalf of King George VI as a symbol of his high office. C/U’s figure of St. George and the dragon on top and inscription underneath. Various shots as Smuts reads letter from the King. C/U of Smuts with baton. 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 Visn