Remembrance

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1432A
Date Released
15 Nov 1956
Date submitted
11 Nov 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Remembrance
  2. 2News in Brief: The Duke on Tour
  3. 3News in Brief: Memorial to Smuts
  4. 4News in Brief: The Cycle Show
  5. 5The Soviet Celebrates
  6. 6Report from Suez

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Remembrance. DESCRIPTION: Leading the homage to the fallen - Her Majesty the Queen once again followed royal tradition. The Last Post was sounded by trumpeters of the Royal Air Force. Her Majesty’s wreath was in honour of all who gave their lives in two World Wars and in the campaigns that followed them. Reveille was sounded by buglers of the Royal Marines, finally ex-service men and women marched past the national shrine. SHOTLIST: GV Cenotaph, high angle. SCU Queen. GV Royal party. Anthony Eden and other parliamentarians (Hugh Gaitskell, Aneurin Bevan). Cut-ins crosses at Garden of Remembrance. Last Post is sounded. SCU flags. CU Queen. SCU lays wreath. CU Queen. GV bands. Pan to Cenotaph. CU Reveille played by Royal Marines. GV crowd. Top shot of march past. Cenotaph. NB: Big Ben did not strike at 11, instead it was Great Tom.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Politics and government; Ceremonies
Locations
London; Cenotaph; Whitehall
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
68845
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Robert Turner
Camera
Samuelson
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
176
Story extras:
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