Queen at Cenotaph Ceremony
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Leads Nation in Remembrance. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty the Queen, for the first time in her reign, led the nation’s tribute to the dead of two world wars at the Cenotaph Ceremony on Remembrance Sunday. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Elevated GV Choir walk out to Cenotaph. Queen followed by the Duke of Edinburgh walks out to Cenotaph. Cut-in Ministers including Churchill & Attlee. Natural sound - Last Post. Preceded by two minutes silence, with Big Ben (unseen) striking. Queen lays wreath. CU of her standing. Duke lays his wreath. CU him saluting. Churchill lays his wreath. Bishop of London conducts memorial service. Singing O God Our Help in Ages Past. Sound Reveille. Queen walks away. Marchpast Cenotaph by ex-servicemen, laying wreath as they pass. Elevated GV Cenotaph crowded. Cut-ins during the service of Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princess Marie Louise, & Duchess of Gloucester at window of Home Office.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Commemorations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Ceremonies; Military; Religion and belief
- Locations
- London; Cenotaph
- Card file number
- 58086
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Camera
- Samuelson
- Length of story (in feet)
- 255
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