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South African Coronation Contingent Arrive: Grenadier Guards Receive New Colours

Date released

6 May 1937

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

350

NoS ID

056144

Story no

16 / 20

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Grenadier Guards receive New Colours.

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First black Guardsman (1987)

Genre

Interview

Brian Stokes on his pride at his adoptive son Richard being the first black soldier recruited into the Grenadier Guards. On the racial abuse Richard was subjected to during training; the inspiration he...

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First black Guardsman (1987)

Genre

Interview

Lionel Morrison of the Commission for Racial Equality on Richard Stokes being the first black solder recruited into the Grenadier Guards; the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in the higher echelons...

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First black Guardsman (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Report on the passing out of Richard Stokes, the first black soldier recruited into the Grenadier Guards, following a personal campaign for the recruitment of black guardsmen by Prince Charles. Including...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Grenadiers 1656-1956

Date released

11 Jun 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1410

NoS ID

020996

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grenadier Guards 1656 - 1956 - Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: Among the exhibits at St James’s Palace celebrating 300 years of the Grenadier Guards, was a display of regimental uniforms...

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Movietone’s Review of the War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Dead Guard VC is Prisoner of War

Date released

12 Sep 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

588A

NoS ID

011139

Story no

4 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mrs Nichols. DESCRIPTION: Lance Corporal Harry Nichols of the Grenadier Guards, previously reported dead, is a prisoner of war in Germany. SHOTLIST: Various shots of Mrs Nichols and her...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Anti-Invasion Plans Rehearsed by Guards

Date released

10 Oct 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

592A

NoS ID

011195

Story no

5 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grenadier Guards Practise for Invasion. DESCRIPTION: The Grenadier Guards rehearse anti-invasion tactics. SHOTLIST: Advance through a smoke screen. Trench mortar firing. The wireless...

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Grenadier Guards Mount the King’s Guard on the Horse Guards Parade

Date released

8 Jun 1936

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

255

NoS ID

054702

Story no

1 / 13

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: This Fighting Patrol Means Business

Date released

17 Feb 1941

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

611

NoS ID

011467

Story no

2 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fighting Patrol Sortie (Ambush). DESCRIPTION: The Grenadier Guards practice the taking of a German outpost. SHOTLIST: The patrol receive their instruction. The get-away man fires two...

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News in Brief: Guards Leave for Canal Zone

Date released

22 Mar 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1294

NoS ID

019132

Story no

5 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grenadiers Leave for Suez Canal. DESCRIPTION: At Liverpool, the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards board the Empire Halladale for the Canal Zone. SHOTLIST: Guards with kitbags into camera....

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