Field Marshal Montgomery Unveils Alamein Memorial

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2469

Date Released

28 Oct 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Two Big Fights
2. 2Baghdad Opens British Trade Fair
3. 3News in Flashes
4. 4News in Flashes
5. 5News in Flashes
6. 6News in Flashes
7. 7Field Marshal Montgomery Unveils Alamein Memorial
8. 8Whose Hose? Chimp Shows Danger of Too Much Water!
9. 9US Forces Show Latest Fire Power
10. 10Queen Attends Italian Film Festival
11. *Lancashire Royal Tour Second Day

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 10

Summary

On site of crucial battle Monty inaugurates memorial to 12,000 men with no known grave.

Keywords

Commemorations; Ceremonies; Military

Library number

22848

Length of story (in feet)

78

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

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London
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Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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