Faith in Remembrance

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1223
Date Released
10 Nov 1952
Date submitted
7 Nov 1952
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Faith in Remembrance. DESCRIPTION: At this season of the year, close to the anniversary of the First World War’s Armistice - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - thoughts turn to the mercy of deliverance to two desperate world-wide wars, and to the men and women who fought in those conflicts but did not survive them . SHOTLIST: Cut story - Houses of Parliament. Big Ben at 11 o’clock - MS - SCU & CU. Elevated GV Whitehall with crowds paying homage on Armistice Day. GV Dieppe. Procession through streets, & troops looking at graves, GV Normandy beaches, Ridgeway arrives & lays wreath at monument. Fade to Korea, rows of crosses. King’s Own Borderers’ attend service, looking at crosses. Pan of crosses. All the above is Library material. In London, Queen Elizabeth walks through Garden of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey. Queen plants cross in garden, followed by the Duke. Queen walks on.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Environment; Ceremonies; Military; Religion and belief
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
58079
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Phil John Turner
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Faith in Remembrance', British Movietone News Issue No. 1223, 10 Nov 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18185 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)