Men of the City Imperial Volunteers (CIV) being inspected at the Albany Barracks, Regents Park, London, by Edward, Prince of Wales, prior to their departure for South Africa, 26th January 1900.

The men are drawn up on parade for inspection. The Prince of Wales and inspecting officers move round them quickly, mainly backs to the camera.

Notes

Production: this film is possibly Warwick catalogue number 5535b

Summary: the identification of this film was made by James Barker, late of the Department of Information Retrieval, Imperial War Museum, in work for the television series 'Flashback'

Technical: this item is held on a single reel with films IWM 1025a-f, the can is marked as IWM 1025