Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: D-Day Anniversary in Normandy
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: D-Day Anniversary - Normandy. DESCRIPTION: A simple ceremony in Normandy paid tribute to those who fell two years ago on D-Day. SHOTLIST: KS Beaches of Normandy littered with our wrecked tanks. Various shots of beaches and fields littered with wrecked tanks, amphibians etc. M Le Trocquer, Minister of Interior, leads procession through streets of Courseulles. GV British and Canadian graveyard, hundreds of crosses. The above lays wreath on grave-memorial. Various shots of same shows many wreaths laying there. Officers stand at the salute.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Ceremonies; Occupied territories
- Locations
- France
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 47055
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 71
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: D-Day Anniversary in Normandy', British Movietone News Issue No. 889, 17 Jun 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13897 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)