Lady Haig - Liverpool (1929)

Lady Haig attends memorial, Liverpool. Boy Scouts pull down flags from around the monument. Lady H. and others climb steps up to plain brick building; then speak from the landing to crowd gathered in street. At the next location; Lady H. w/ help from 2 men; lays a wreath on a larger monument (to World War One soldiers?) Douglas Haig; British Army field marshal; was commander-in-chief of expeditionary forces on Western Front during World War One. He died in 1928; and this memorial was probably unveiled 1929-30. Military. 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 Bri