King And Queen At Weir Works Foundry AKA At Munitions Factory (1940)

Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown. Weir Works Foundry, Midlands. Men draw iron / steel from foundry furnace. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) are show around the factory. Various shots of iron / steel production. Massive chunks of red hot metal are moved and rolled. Dark shots of the Royal visitors. More shots of the metal being worked. More shots of the King and Queen watching the process. N.B. According to the paperwork this is a visit to the Weir munitions factory in the Midlands on 27 February 1940. 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