Northern Region Film and Television Archive

Views of various people arriving, the arrival of dignitaries then the opening ceremony performed by the Lord Mayor with a speech by Sir Arthur Griffiths Boscawen, M.P. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Pensions.

Unveiling of Memorial to the Tyneside Irish & Scottish Brigades at La Boisselle by Marshall Foch. Views before the ceremony then the arrival of officials. A speech is given by Sir Thomas Oliver and speech by Marshall Foch following the unveiling of Great War Memorial. Salute and wreath-laying by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle. Overview of the scene then close-up of the Mayor of La Boissselle with the Lord Mayor of Newcastle. Officers of the Tyneside Irish & Scottish regiment salute before the monument.

[Cataloguer's Note: Just off the D929 on the right (towards the Lochnagar crater) is the la Boiselle Tyneside memorial seat. This location is just to the north-west of the 'Glory Hole' and also almost exactly on the British front line of July 1st, 1916. This memorial was erected quite soon after the War, as inscriptions on its rear show. These state that it was approved by Presidential decree on the 13th October 1921, erected by the trustees of the Colonel Joseph Cowan Fund and opened by Marshal Foch on the 20th April 1922.]

A costume party - "The Beautiful Daughter of Lady Chayter took the part of the Queen". Various young people wear Elizabethan dress.

Garden and family shots follow. Various people are in the garden of Horton Grange House, pet dogs too. Views of the gardens and a shot of people on an airbed.