Remembrance

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1588

Date Released

9 Nov 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1SS Oriana Launched
2. 2Christmas Joys
3. 3Bank on the Telly
4. 4Well Held, Sir!
5. 5Remembrance

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Remembrance. DESCRIPTION: Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the Countess arrived at St Paul’s Cathedral, to attend the Royal Naval Centenary Service. They were followed by Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent, Chief Commandant, Women’s Royal Naval Service, and Prince Philip, representing Her Majesty the Queen. Under the White Ensign, the RNR served with great distinction in two world wars. From 1939 to 1945, for example, their experience and training were of the utmost assistance in supplementing the great expansion of the Navy. Pictures of D-Day, when the great Armada crossed the channel on its tremendous task, illustrate the enduring debt owed to the three fighting services. Now is the hour of Remembrance, and the time to pay tribute to the fallen. SHOTLIST: Pan the Mountbattens arriving. Pan - the Duchess of Kent arriving. Pan the Duke of Edinburgh arriving. CU the Ensign. LS ships at sea. MS destroyer. MS same. MS destroyer with rigging in foreground. LS destroyer. LS same. MCU destroyer ploughing through water. LS same (2). BS aircraft in V formation. Aerial - gliders on the ground. Same. Aerial convoy at sea. LS same from ship. LS barrage balloons in the air. MS same. MS boat leaving parent ship. LS landing craft beaching. MS troops landing on beach. LS same. MCU troops positioning on beach. LS troops in action. CU troops moving up front. TS the Cenotaph. GV crowds. Pan - Marines playing. GV crowds. MS Marines playing. CU same. GV crowds. GV people filing past Cenotaph. MS same (2). MS woman laying wreath on Cenotaph. MS people filing past. NS woman laying a wreath. CU leaves on branch of tree. CU a wreath of poppies. MS woman laying wreath. GV people filing past Cenotaph. MS old man kneeling by Cenotaph. BS the sky.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Music and dance; Aviation; Ceremonies; Civil defence; Navy; Military; Religion and belief

Locations

England

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

78519

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Len Waldorf

Length of story (in feet)

272

Story extras:

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