News from England

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

133

Date Released

22 Nov 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Blitzing German Airfields
2. 2Italy Day by Day
3. 3News from England
4. 4Russia

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

The King and Queen inspect a contingent of the Fourth Indian Division in Britain. A Gurkha receives the VC from King George. At the Goldsmiths Hall in London, people see the Sword of Stalingrad on display. Mr Fedor Gusev, new Russian Ambassador, is seen with the sword. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 8 min, sd, B&W, 35 mm Part 4 King George and Queen Elizabeth inspect the Fourth Indian Division at Buckingham Palace. Part 5 Churchill presents a sword to Russian Ambassador Gusev commemorating Stalingrad’s liberation. Russian civilians receive awards at Stalingrad; wreaths are placed on tombs. Record Group 208 Accession 3276

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Military; Funerals; Awards and honours

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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