The Guards Memorial

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1408A

Date Released

31 May 1956

Date submitted

28 May 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Guards Memorial
2. 2King Feisal in Morocco
3. 3Malaya Command Changes
4. 4Shipping Notes - New Liner Test
5. 5Shipping Notes - Jap Whaler Here
6. 6Zero Hour at Bikini
7. 7England Routs Germany
8. *Lord High Commissioner in Glasgow

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Guards Memorial Unveiled. DESCRIPTION: Units of each regiment of the Household Brigade were on parade at Wellington Barracks, when Her Majesty arrived there for the Memorial Cloister ceremony. SHOTLIST: Units of the Household Brigade on parade at Wellington Barracks, HM Queen Elizabeth arrives for Memorial Cloister ceremony. The colonels of the Guards were presented, the Queen shakes hands, Duke smiles walks down line of soldiers. Unveils cloister memorial. Queen and members of her family enter cloister to inspect memorial. Interior of cloister in Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks.

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; Ceremonies; Military

Locations

London; Wellington Barracks

Footage sources

Gaumont British

Card file number

67122

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

102

Story extras:

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