| PIGEON PRESENTED WITH MEDAL An American army pigeon called 'GI Joe' is presented with Dickin Medal. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7878 | |
| Catalog #: | 11077 | |
| Clip Number: | 11077-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1594 F | |
| Timecode: | 01:32:40 - 01:34:53 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/BIRDS: Pigeons ANIMALS/GENERAL: Working Animals COMMUNICATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MAIL: Carrier Pigeon MILITARY: Misc, British WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Afterword (Epilogue) WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Communiations WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Decorations | |
| Description: | PIGEON PRESENTED WITH MEDAL An American army pigeon called 'GI Joe' is presented with Dickin Medal. London. CU Major General Charles Keightley KBE, CB, DSO, Director of Military Training at the War Office, fixing the medal to the pigeon, it is held by Wing Commander W D Lea Rayner, Head of the Air Ministry pigeon service. CU pigeon with medal. CU Keightley. CU Wing Commander Rayner. MS tabby cat looking disdainfully on. MS Keightley, Rayner and Clarkeet-James, Resident Governor of the Tower, standing behind a chair on which the pigeon in a cage is placed. MS's of the service. CU pigeon after receiving medal. LS Tower of London seen from the river. MS people watching the ceremony. Various shots pigeon in cage, CU a Beefeater carrying the pigeon and showing it to the crowd. MS and CU dignitaries. | |
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