New Standard For 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (1938)

Titles read: “NEW STANDARD FOR 5TH ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS“. Colchester, Essex. Various shots of the soldiers of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards at a new standard ceremony. Commentator says the soldiers will say goodbye to their horses after this ceremony as, from now on, they are to be a mechanised brigade mounted on light tanks. The standard is changed, then the Duke of Gloucester (Prince Henry) sits on his horse, making a speech to the men about how sad they must feel to be leaving their horses. Soldiers on horses and on foot march across the parade ground. 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 New