| ARMISTICE DAY 1920 ( aka ARMISTICE DAY IN LONDON - UNKNOWN WARRIOR BROUGHT TO ENGLAND ) | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5211 | |
| Catalog #: | 242825 | |
| Clip Number: | 242825-2 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 720 | |
| Timecode: | 01:22:54 - 01:26:05 | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Memorial LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: Unknown Soldier MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: War, World War One (WWI) PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Military | |
| Description: | C/U of a wooden cross marking the grave of a "British Soldier", in the back ground more crosses can be seen. M/S of soldiers firing cannons in a park. M/S of an army band leading a procession, the coffin of the 'unknown soldier' is carried by a horse and cart down a French street. Soldiers carrying wreaths follow the procession, as well as Officer representatives from the Allies Forces. M/S of the wreaths on the deck of the H.M.S. Verdoun, sailors with their heads bowed guard the coffin. M/S of French and English high ranking officers saluting the coffin from the dockside. M/S of the coffin on the deck as the ship sets sail. Various shots of the sea and lower decks, taken from the higher decks of the ship. "ARMISTICE DAY 1920. Pathe Gazette Memorial Number. At Dover. The white walls of England never looked upon a more soul-stirring scene - as our Unknown Warrior came home". Various shots of the ship docking at Dover. M/S of the coffin, draped in a Union Jack being carried past rows of soldiers with their heads bowed. "ARMISTICE DAY 1920. IN LONDON. The Heroe's progress through silent crowds". M/S of a military procession going under an arch (Marble? Admiralty?), in the foreground a soldier stands with his head bowed. | |
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