The work of the Queen’s Foreign Service messengers, who carry the diplomatic despatches from the Foreign Office in London to British embassies all over the world. In these modern times, we see how he journeys by air - where, for hundreds of years, his predecessors went by post-chaise or on horse-back. In those days, each man carried a pair of pistols and a sword. Today — an outsize passport, printed and bound in red. One thing only persists - the secret token once used as a pass-sign, a relic of the War of the Roses - the Silver Greyhound.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009819
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Diplomatic and consular service
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Diplomats
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)