The Memory of Greatness
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Memory of Greatness. DESCRIPTION: Movietone tribute for Remembrance Day. SHOTLIST: KS. MS book shelf, displaying books. Hand takes out book "Their Finest Hour". Library - Dunkirk - troops swimming out to ship clambering over rails, several shots. Ships in convoy, including hospital ship. Formation of planes. Pilots run for Spitfires, to take off. Shots of London burning during blitz. Aerial Lancaster bombers in flight. Interior of plane. Torpedo being discharged underwater shot (NOTE - Torpedo being fired must not be sold or even used in our reel. Admiralty gave special permission for same to be used for this short). Conning tower of submarine. Battleship. Ships in line ahead. Various shots of aircraft carriers. Desert warfare, troops run over sand. Cut-in troops again charging forward. Normandy beaches. Several shots of Normandy beach landing. GV Cenotaph. Laying wreath on Cenotaph. MS clouds - very good. Clouds overcast. CU types around Cenotaph. Marchpast Cenotaph.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Ceremonies
- Footage sources
- Library
- Card file number
- 52767
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 254
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How to cite this record
'The Memory of Greatness', British Movietone News Issue No. 1066, 7 Nov 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16032 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)