Remembrance Service

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2372A
Date Released
21 Nov 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Remembrance Service in Paris. DESCRIPTION: Earl Mountbatten at an Franco-British Remembrance Service at Notre Dame Cathedral. SHOTLIST: GV pan down Notre Dame. FV procession of flag bearers behind trumpeters formed up representing services. SCU trumpeter from Household Cavalry. SCU flag bearer. SV procession of flag bearers. SV pan Lord Mountbatten walking over to trumpeter. CU coat of arms (on flag) on trumpet pan up to trumpeter. BV Mountbatten walks towards Notre Dame. SCU flag bearer. SV procession following trumpeter towards the church. BV ditto pan up to architecture above entrance. SV priest giving service. SV representatives of the services standing with flags during ceremony. CU plaque ‘To the Glory of God and to the Memory of One Million dead of the British Empire who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918’. SV pan Mountbatten walking forward and laying a wreath under plaque then walking back, he stops and bows his head. CU wreath. SV flag bearers raising their flags in the air. CU flags blowing in wind outside ‘British Legion’ flags. SV pan Mountbatten inspecting British Legion representatives. SV British Legion reps. holding flags. SV Mountbatten. SV Mountbatten inspecting representatives.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Ceremonies; Military; Religion and belief
Locations
France
Card file number
74/299
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Remembrance Service', British Movietone News Issue No. 2372A, 21 Nov 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30558 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)