Lady Astor In USA - Speech (1932)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. United States of America. Lady Nancy Astor receives warm applause. She talks about her work in a hospital in WWI. She talks about her father and singing. She joins the audience in a version of the song 'Pack up your troubles in an old kit bag'. The audience are led by a strange looking conductor. Lady Astor tells them they don't sing 'half as good as the wounded'. They then strike up with a version of 'I wish I was in Dixie' led again by the strange looking man. N.B. Film shows signs of decomposition. 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 (