| ARMISTICE DAY 1928 Cuts (rushes, out takes) | ||
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| Catalog #: | 242855 | |
| Clip Number: | 242855-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1554 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Memorial HOLIDAYS: Armistice Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: Unknown Soldier, The Cenotaph ROYALTY: British, George V (Duke of York) ROYALTY: British, George VI (Prince Albert, Duke of York) | |
| Description: | MISSING 6/25/2005 Armistice Day 1928 - ten years later but first let Pathe Gazette for a few brief minutes conjure up the past. Cuts (rushes, out takes) Aerial shots of troops, the camera pans across huge crowds. King George V and Prince Albert (?) emerge with wreaths. L/S crowds stood around Cenotaph. The King walks back and Prince places wreath on Cenotaph. M/S of King George and Prince Albert with Indian officers, they stand there during the silence. Clergymen walk around the Cenotaph and the camera pans across people there. M/S of the King and Prince, people walk in front of a hearse (?) with big coffin on top (?) People walk around the Cenotaph. L/S as King and dignitaries bring wreaths out. The camera pans across to the crowds. M/S of buglers and drummers, regiments are lined up around them, a man conducts them. The camera pans across the Cenotaph and down showing crowds there. Various shots of the crowds and Cenotaph. | |
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