| ARMISTICE DAY 1920 ( aka ARMISTICE DAY IN LONDON - UNKNOWN WARRIOR BROUGHT TO ENGLAND ) | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5211 | |
| Catalog #: | 242825 | |
| Clip Number: | 242825-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 720 | |
| Timecode: | 01:26:05 - 01:29:23 | |
| 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: | "ARMISTICE DAY 1920. Pathe Gazette Memorial Number. AT THE CENOTAPH. A Memorable scene almost painful in its intensity of feeling". High angled shots of officers and dignitaries laying wreaths of poppies at the base of the Cenotaph. L/S of a military parade. M/S of King George V, Prince Albert (Duke of York) , Prince Edward (Prince of Wales), Prince George (Duke of Kent) and Prince Henry (Duke of Gloucester), all dressed in military uniforms with black arm bands. M/S of the soldiers carrying the coffin. L/S, looking over the heads of the crowd, of the coffin being carried into Westminster Abbey. Panning shot of a vast crowd surrounding the Cenotaph, all at once all the men put their hats back on, marking the end of a two minute silence. "The FLOWERS of REMEMBRANCE. Hour after hour an unceasing pilgrimage of bereaved Mothers, wives, daughters, sweetharts [sic] lay floral offerings on the Cenotaph". L/S of a large queue, mostly of women holding flowers, stretching into Trafalgar Square. M/S of an enormous heap of flowers, almost covering the Cenotaph, more bouquets are being added. M/S of a little girl adding a wreath. Various shots of wreaths being added. More shots of the procession and the King laying a wreath on the coffin. Good L/S of the unveiling of the Cenotaph. The coffin is carried past the memorial. | |
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