Rewards for Gallantry
Series
- Series Name
- War Pictorial News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- A Chinese steward, Poon Lin, who survived for 133 days in the South Pacific on a raft, receives the British Empire Medal at Buckingham Palace. A US Sergeant is awarded the DFC. Three members of the ATS (New Zealanders) receive British Empire Medals.
- Keywords
- Awards and honours
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Rex Keating
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- 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.
- Series held
- View all series held by Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
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