Duchess Of Gloucester Opens New Reservoir Lner (1938)

Item title reads - Dumfries. Duchess of Gloucester opens Thornhill Reservoir in Scotland. (LNER). M/S as Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, gets out of her car and shakes hands with officials. M/S of people applauding. M/S of the Duchess pressing the button to start it. M/S of water pouring in to the dykes. M/S as the Duchess walks through the filter station. L/S of the reservoir, the camera pans across. M/S as she shakes the hands of the builders. Cataloguer's note: the picture ends at 01:53:15, but the sound continues. 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