Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Queen Sees King Decorate Airmen
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 8
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HM the King Presents Medals. DESCRIPTION: The King visiting a fighter station invested Royal Air Force personnel with honours and decorations. SHOTLIST: Their Majesties the King and Queen visit a RAF station, where the King presents medals to officers and men. These include: W/C Beamish. Flt Lt Barton, P/O Cunningham, Flt Lt Allard, and Flt Sergeant Harnden, also a Czech officer who cannot be named. Shot of the Their Majesties leaving the hangar.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Aviation; Ceremonies; Military; Awards and honours
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 40285
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 40
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Queen Sees King Decorate Airmen', British Movietone News Issue No. 607A, 23 Jan 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11430 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)