Remembrance Day

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1119A

Date Released

16 Nov 1950

Date submitted

13 Nov 1950

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Remembrance Day. DESCRIPTION: At the London Cenotaph - Whitehall packed with many thousands - the nation pays homage on the day set aside for special remembrance. SHOTLIST: KS. LS of Whitehall ceremony. Various shots crowds around Cenotaph. King walks out. Minister stands by Cenotaph with wreaths. King lays wreath. Attlee lays his wreath. Churchill lays his wreath. CU trumpeters. Panning shot of crowds during playing "Last Post". Crowd shots & Queen, Princess Margaret & Princess Louise in window of Home Office, during the playing "O God Our Help in Ages Past". Elevated GV ceremony. Various shots of marchpast after ceremony, mixes etc., of marchpast. GV of Cenotaph with people marching past in background.

Keywords

Commemorations; Ceremonies

Locations

Whitehall

Card file number

54602

Credits:

Camera: George Richardson
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Martin Gray
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

239

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