Marines’ Farewell to Chatham

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1095A

Date Released

1 Jun 1950

Date submitted

30 May 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Petrol-Free Whit Holiday
2. 2Marines’ Farewell to Chatham
3. 3South Africa Honours Smut
4. 4Holland’s Queen in Paris
5. 5Japanese Princess Weds Commoner
6. 6Walcott Jolts German Champion
7. 7Now Siamese Style
8. *Soccer - Scotland’s 1-0 Victory over France
9. *Welcome to Overseas Visitors

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Marines Leave Chatham. DESCRIPTION: The colours of the Chatham Division, Royal Marines, were the feature of their farewell parade - a sad, but very smart occasion. SHOTLIST: GV of parade. SCU colours of Royal Marines. Sound shots of Royal Marines marchpast, bands playing. Various shots of the parade & marchpasts with bands marching & counter-marching. Royal Marines passing camera.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Locations

Chatham

Card file number

53825

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

146

Story extras:

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