The Memory of Greatness

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1066

Date Released

7 Nov 1949

Date submitted

7 Nov 1949

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Memory of Greatness. DESCRIPTION: Movietone tribute for Remembrance Day. SHOTLIST: KS. MS book shelf, displaying books. Hand takes out book "Their Finest Hour". Library - Dunkirk - troops swimming out to ship clambering over rails, several shots. Ships in convoy, including hospital ship. Formation of planes. Pilots run for Spitfires, to take off. Shots of London burning during blitz. Aerial Lancaster bombers in flight. Interior of plane. Torpedo being discharged underwater shot (NOTE - Torpedo being fired must not be sold or even used in our reel. Admiralty gave special permission for same to be used for this short). Conning tower of submarine. Battleship. Ships in line ahead. Various shots of aircraft carriers. Desert warfare, troops run over sand. Cut-in troops again charging forward. Normandy beaches. Several shots of Normandy beach landing. GV Cenotaph. Laying wreath on Cenotaph. MS clouds - very good. Clouds overcast. CU types around Cenotaph. Marchpast Cenotaph.

Keywords

Commemorations; Ceremonies

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

52767

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

254

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