News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: British Graves in Germany

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
510A
Date Released
16 Mar 1939
Date submitted
Mar 1939
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 12
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: German "Heroes’ Day". DESCRIPTION: In a cemetery near Berlin British War dead are mourned on ‘Heroes Day’. SHOTLIST: Inside the State Opera House, Hitler is present with his cabinet and joins in the singing of "Ich hat einen Kameraden". Then Hitler, accompanied by Admiral Raeder. Colonel General Keitel and Colonel von Brauchitsch and General Stumpf, lay a wreath. After this the Fuehrer reviews a battalion as it marches past. Neg - shots up to Raeder not included. Shots of British War graves in Berlin.
Keywords
Commemorations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Ceremonies; Military
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
35831
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
41
Story extras:

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'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: British Graves in Germany', British Movietone News Issue No. 510A, 16 Mar 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9795 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)