Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Remembrance Ceremony in the Rain

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1014A
Date Released
11 Nov 1948
Date submitted
8 Nov 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Armistice Day & Rain. DESCRIPTION: The Cenotaph ceremony was a sombre affair and the weather meant that attendances were smaller. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Elevated GV Cenotaph service. Crowds arrive in the rain. SCU types standing in rain with umbrellas up. Elevated GV crowds walk along Whitehall. Back view crowds during silence (hats off). SCU Churchill & Attlee with hats off. King walks out & takes his place, salutes. CU Duke of Edinburgh in naval uniform. Princess Margaret, Duchess of Kent, Princess Alexandra and Queen Mary on balcony of Home Office. MS Big Ben at 11 o’clock. GV during sounding of Last Post. King lays wreath & salutes. Duke of Edinburgh lays wreath & salutes. Attlee lays wreath. Churchill lays wreath. GV elevated singing O God our Help in Ages Past. Royal Marines sound Reveille. GV marchpast to old tunes. Various shots of people looking at wreaths on Cenotaph after road had been opened to traffic.
Keywords
Commemorations; Ceremonies
Locations
London; Cenotaph; Whitehall
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
51021
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
278
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Remembrance Ceremony in the Rain', British Movietone News Issue No. 1014A, 11 Nov 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15419 (Accessed 02 Mar 2025)