The Guards Memorial

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1408A
Date Released
31 May 1956
Date submitted
28 May 1956
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Guards Memorial Unveiled. DESCRIPTION: Units of each regiment of the Household Brigade were on parade at Wellington Barracks, when Her Majesty arrived there for the Memorial Cloister ceremony. SHOTLIST: Units of the Household Brigade on parade at Wellington Barracks, HM Queen Elizabeth arrives for Memorial Cloister ceremony. The colonels of the Guards were presented, the Queen shakes hands, Duke smiles walks down line of soldiers. Unveils cloister memorial. Queen and members of her family enter cloister to inspect memorial. Interior of cloister in Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
London; Wellington Barracks
Footage sources
Gaumont British
Card file number
67122
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
102
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Guards Memorial', British Movietone News Issue No. 1408A, 31 May 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20976 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)