America’s Military Tournament (1927)

Item title reads: “America’s “Military Tournament“. President Coolidge, whole of the cabinet & huge crowds see modern warfare in mimic battle.“ Washington DC, United States of America (USA). M/S President Coolidge and others in posh clothes, sitting under a canopy. L/S from above shows soldiers running on a mock battlefield with smoke and explosions. M/S of tank rolling along as a large explosion flashes in front of it. M/S of one man tanks. An aeroplane releasing a large cloud of smoke, flies over the battlefield with a soldier and a large gun in the foreground. Dark footage of soldiers in black smoke clouds, silhouetted in the floodlights. Note: Stunning explosions as the tanks advance. 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 col