• Short Summary

    Director of Music at Royal Military Music School, Kneller Hall is greeted home with fanfare.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "MUSICAL WELCOME - Fanfare of Trumpets greets Kneller Hall Director of Music at Tilbury."

    Tilbury, Essex.

    Top shot, men in uniform - playing fanfare of Trumpets - lined up at Tilbury dock. Captain Adkins, Director of Music at Royal Military School of Music - Kneller Hall, standing on the top of gangplank. He is returning from his trip to Australia. He is greeted by the Commandant of the School, Colonel H.S. Jervis. Captain Adkins inspecting the trumpeters.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    781.24
    Media URN:
    8640
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    07/05/1934
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:48:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:35:41:00 / 01:36:29:00
    Canister:
    34/37

Comments (2)

  1. Unknown user says

    "Captain Adkins" is Captain Hector Adkins.

    "standing on the top of gangplank" - the ship he's just left is the SS Strathnaver.

    "Colonel H S Jervis" is Colonel Herbert Swynfen Jervis.

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  2. lindsay@loobyloo.net says

    Captain Adkins was my grandfather - a colourful character to put it mildly!

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