Tynwald Ceremony. (1947)

St. John’s Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man. July 5th 1947. LS GV of St. John’s Hill with people gathered round it (the ceremony is the reading out of the acts to be promulgated by the next session of the Manx Parliament). LS the procession of government officials walking to the Hill. CU the War Memorial. MS/LS Governor Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet inspects an RAF Guard of Honour. CU the Manx flag flying. LS GV of the assembly. Cuts 47/55. Mute Neg. 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 Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984.