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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:
  1. 1British Craftsmanship Displayed for Princess
  2. 2Dare-Devil Stunts Above the Seine
  3. 3Guy Fawkes Started All This
  4. 4Mr Churchill’s Literary Medal
  5. 5The Memory of Greatness
  6. *Turpin Wins

* Story has local or special distribution

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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