News Briefs: Colours for Red Berets

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1273A

Date Released

29 Oct 1953

Date submitted

24 Oct 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1British Title Fight
2. 2News Briefs: Air Race Prizes
3. 3News Briefs: Colours for Red Berets
4. 4News Briefs: Presidential Citation
5. 5News Briefs: Troops Move Petrol
6. 6News Briefs: Hero’s George Cross
7. 7News Briefs: Colonel Carne VC
8. 8Royal Film Show
9. *Partick Thistle V East Fife

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Section Title

News Briefs

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Colours for Red Berets. DESCRIPTION: Field Marshal Lord Montgomery went to St George’s Plateau, Liverpool, to present the Queen’s Colour and the Regimental Colour to the 13th (Lancashire) Battalion, the Parachute Regiment SHOTLIST: Cut story - Field Marshal Lord Montgomery arrives at St George’s Plateau. Inspects 13th (Lancashire) Battalion, the Parachute Regiment. Chats with veterans. MS Colours (Queen’s and Regimental) presented. MS Montgomery saluting. March past of troops. Cut-ins Montgomery saluting. Marchpast including colour passing.

Keywords

Ceremonies; Military

Locations

Liverpool

Card file number

59983

Credits:

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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