| MEMORIAL TO GREEN JACKETS A memorial to fallen Green Jackets is unveiled in Calais, France. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5692 |
| Catalog #: | 210800 | |
| Clip Number: | 210800-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 51/46 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:44 - 01:45:19 | |
| Location: | Calais, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Dedications LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Calais MILITARY: Army, British MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: War, World War Two (WWII) ROYALTY: British, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester | |
| Description: | Memorial to Green Jackets. Calais, France. L/S people assembled around veiled memorial. M/S memorial draped with Union Jack. M/S inscription on base of memorial. C/U Rifle Brigade badge. C/U Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery shaking hands with French officer. C/U ribbons, pan up to Montgomery. M/S French Guard of Honor. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, accompanied by French Officers saluting Guards of Honor en route to memorial. M/S KRR (King's Royal Rifles) Guard of honor. C/U two riflemen. M/S service of dedication. M/S Duke of Gloucester standing during service. C/U two nuns. C/U girl with bowed head. C/U rifleman. M/S as Gloucester walks towards memorial and unveils it. C/U soldier. C/U top of memorial. M/S graveyard. M/S line of graves. C/U woman placing tulips on grave. C/U women looking at grave. M/S pan girl with wreath walking along line of graves. C/U cross on grave of an unknown soldier. M/S people assembled around memorial. C/U baton, pan up to Field Marshal Lord Wilson of Libya. C/U wreath being placed on memorial, pan up woman. M/S woman placing wreath on memorial. C/U rifle brigade wreath. C/U wreath from Calais. C/U two soldiers. C/U old veteran. M/S people assembled around memorial. | |
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