News in Brief: Legion of Honour

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1316

Date Released

23 Aug 1954

Date submitted

19 Aug 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1King Haakon Visits Queen Juliana
2. 2Ten Years After
3. 3Tension in Morocco
4. 4Greek Demonstration
5. 5India’s Independence Day
6. 6News in Brief: Legion of Honour
7. 7News in Brief: Model Grand Prix
8. 8News in Brief: Flower Show
9. 9News in Brief: German Show Jumping
10. 10News in Brief: Shooting the Rapids
11. 11The Queen Launches Southern Cross
12. *Miss New Brighton

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 11

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Legion of Honour. DESCRIPTION: At Boulogne the 150th anniversary of the Inauguration of the Legion of Honour. SHOTLIST: Angled shot of tower. CU of uniforms and hats. CU of rifles. Several shots of various English mayors. Shot of officers. Men being presented with decorations.

Keywords

Commemorations; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

France; Boulogne

Footage sources

France

Card file number

61651

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

53

Story extras:

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