Gen. Northey Welcomed Home (1914-1918)

Titles read: ’Epsom. General Northey - who cleared German East Africa, welcomed home.’ Surrey. Ceremonies honouring General Edward Northey (Northie?). CU General giving a speech; with a Union Jack on a pole next to him; a hotel in BG. He wears a monocle. DS looking at a crowd of people; both civilian and military; gathered in the street and listening to the speaker on platform; decorated with flags. Northey had also served in the Boer War; after First World War he became governor of Kenya. German East Africa later became the British colony Tanganyika; then the independent nation Tanzania. World War One. Military; British Army; colonialism. 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 it