General Gruenther Visits D-Day Beach

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2443

Date Released

29 Jul 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1US Hits Back: Airliner Shooting Recoils on Chinese
2. 2Queen Mother Presents Colours
3. 3Empire Games: Eight Hundred Athletes on the Mark!
4. 4News in Flashes
5. 5News in Flashes
6. 6News in Flashes
7. 7General Gruenther Visits D-Day Beach
8. 8Turkey and Soviet Make Dior Blink!
9. 9Water Ski Stars Hold European Championships

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 9

Summary

After spending few hours at Dartmouth Royal Naval College, European Commander goes to Slapton Sands for ceremony commemorating D-Day invasion start out.

Keywords

Commemorations; Education and training; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Locations

Devon

Library number

22537

Length of story (in feet)

75

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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