Ex-King Manuel Opens New Bedford Club (1920-1929)

Ex-King Manuel opens new Bedford Club (in London?). Manuel II; former King of Portugal was deposed in 1910 and fled to England to settle down in exile as a country gentleman; this story is about the ex-king opening the new Bedford Club (gentlemen's club). Shots of Manuel showing some other men around the place: coming down stone stairs. Wall w/ designs in black lines; inc. an optical illusion that looks like a hall w/ gate. CU Manuel poses in front of the striped wall. Architecture; design. FILM 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 (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as we