Greece Fights On

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

57

Date Released

1 Jun 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Duke of Gloucester Visits Iran
2. 2Greece Fights On
3. 3Personalities in the Middle East
4. 4With the Free French in the Chad

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Greeks celebrate National Day of Greece in Egypt; Alexandria: a parade. King George of the Hellenes inspects parade of Greek fighting forces in the Middle East. Prince Peter of Greece and the Greek Prime Minister, Monsieur Tseuderos, are present. King George also inspects officers and men of the Greek naval units, now attached to the Royal Navy. Then a tour of naval vessels flying the Greek flag, including AA units. At the Stadium in Alexandria, the King attends a reception by the Greek community in Alexandria.

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; Politics and government; Social events; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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