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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2425

Date Released

23 Nov 1975

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. A Tribute of Remembrance
• *Travel Agents Visit Ireland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Day of Remembrance. DESCRIPTION: Movietone pays homage to the head of two World Wars. This year marks the thirtieth Anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Her Majesty the Queen leads the nation’s Act of Remembrance by laying a wreath of poppies at the Cenotaph, that simple Tomb to the DeadFar away in distant Thailand lies the graves of those who perished in the building of the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway. By contrast, today, the Cemetery is a haven of peace and beauty, lovingly tended by the War Graves Commission"At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them". SHOTLIST: GV pan war graves in France. SV pan ditto. CU headstone of RAF pilot. CU headstone "Rifleman JR Sarson. Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Died May 1940." Pan down to "At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them". GV Cenotaph ceremony. SV Queen & Duke. SV Cenotaph. GV crowds and ceremony. SV MP’s including Wilson, Margaret Thatcher (holding wreaths). SV Royal Marine buglers play ‘Last Post’. LV Queen lays wreath at foot of Cenotaph. CU Queen’s wreath. LV Duke lays wreath. SV Queen Mother & Duchess of Kent watch from balcony. LV zoom in Prince Charles lays wreath. CU royal wreaths. Full CU poppies on another wreath. SV another wreath. War Sequence B/W - Bombs dropping. GV buildings being bombed. GV Germans advancing. SV guns firing. Night gun barrage sequence. Bombs dropping and building bombed. LV church steeple falling. GV ships at sea. CU German officer looks through periscope. SV torpedo through water. GV ship explodes. War in Western Desert sequence. SV D-Day landings from troops landing craft. GV troops storming up beachhead. Shot looking out from bunker, deserted beach (Belgium). GV pan deserted German bunkers. LV ditto. B/W - Japanese war at sea. Jap planes dive bombing ships and crashing into sea etc. SV padre giving last rites to dying soldiers on deck of aircraft carrier. SV zoom into CU poppies on wreath. GV Bridge over River Kwai (River Kwae Noi) - Thailand. CU pan up from railway line to the Burma-Thailand train over bridge. SV pan to BV, ditto. LV British built loco as used by Japs in construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. SV ditto. CU cowling on engine. CU funnel. SV Jap army truck adapted for use on railway. GV from railway trucks to sign "Kanchanaburi War Cemetery". LV two men enter through main gate. LV war cemetery and memorial. CU cross. LV zoom back showing war graves and butterflies on flowers. CU butterfly fluttering on flowers. SV war graves and flowers. CU zoom into war grave name plate. SV man closing gates of cemetery zoom into railway trucks. This is Tune Cott Cemetery in Belgium (1914/18 War). Autumn Shots - tree’s reflection in water, pan up to trees. Denham village. Leaves fill screen. CU conkers on ground. Various autumn flowers and berries, fir cones. Denham Church. (400ft.)

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Railways; Horticulture; Explosions; Ceremonies; War damage; Insects; Navy; Animals; Engineering; Military; Religion and belief; Scenery and travel

Locations

France; London; Belgium; Thailand

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

75/349

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

725

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