BOY GUARDSMAN A small boy wins a prize and spends a day at an army barracks and visits Horse Guards Parade
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	Catalog #:	5771
	Clip Number:	5771-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 391
	Timecode:	01:25:40 - 01:28:03
	Location:	England
	Year Shot:	1962 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England MILITARY: Army, British
	Description:	BOY GUARDSMAN (aka BOY SOLDIER FOR A DAY) A small boy wins a prize and spends a day at an army barracks and visits Horse Guards Parade Caterham, Surrey. M/S of a convoy of cars entering the gates to some army barracks, inside a row of guardsmen in busbies are waiting. M/S of a sign reading '2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards'. M/S of 9 year old Alexander Morris stepping out of the Commanding Officer's car - he won this trip as a prize. Alexander walks over and shakes hands with an officer, in the background stand his parents. C/U of the officer smiling. Various shots of Alexander walking past the row of guardsmen standing to attention. Panning shot along the row of guardsmen. M/S of the Commanding Officer placing a busby on Alexander's head. C/U of Alexander wearing the busby. C/U of a guardsman shouting orders. M/S of Alexander and the row of guardsmen marching past the barracks. Low angle shot of the guardsman shouting. Alexander and the guardsmen do an 'about turn' and march the other way. C/U of two officers chatting. M/S of Alexander sitting on the grass next to an army bugler. The bugler shows Alexander how to blow his bugle. C/U of Alexander blowing his bugle. M/S of Alexander wearing headphones talking into a radio to a nearby Grenadier. C/U of the Grenadier insignia on the bonnet of an army vehicle. M/S of Alexander looking out of a hatch of an armoured car as it drives past. M/S of the armoured car driving over a field. M/S of the two officers talking. M/S of a soldier showing Alexander how to load a machine gun. Central London. M/S of Alexander sitting next to a sergeant in the audience of Horse Guards Parade. L/S of a guardsmen's brass band marching past. C/U of Alexander and the officer. L/S of the marching troops with Alexander and the sergeant in the foreground.

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