Desert Pilgrimage

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1380
Date Released
14 Nov 1955
Date submitted
8 Nov 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Wolves Beat Dynamo
  2. 2Lord Mayor of London
  3. 3Desert Pilgrimage
  4. 4News Round Up: Japanese Protest
  5. 5News Round Up: Ethiopian Trade Fair
  6. 6News Round Up: New Atomic Plant
  7. 7News Round Up: Barbara Hutton Weds Again
  8. 8Homage to a Sultan
  9. *Scotland V Wales

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Pilgrims at Tobruk and Bir Hakeim Military Cemetery. DESCRIPTION: Tobruk, one of the most famous battlegrounds of the Western Desert campaign in World War Two was recently the scene of a special French tribute to the fallen. SHOTLIST: GV Tobruk Harbour from the sea. CU Mohammeddan Minaret (Church). SCU French memorial to the dead. CU French guard of honour. CU British army lorries coming through the desert. CU French people getting down from the lorries and dusting themselves off. CU British officers taking part in the ceremony at the cemetery. CU British military police men. CU women collecting souvenirs, sand and bits of stone.
Keywords
Commemorations; Ceremonies
Locations
Libya; Tobruk; Bir Hakeim
Footage sources
France
Card file number
65117
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
96
Story extras:
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