QUEEN HONOURS AIR FORCE DEAD The Queen unveils a memorial at Runnymede to Commonwealth Airmen who died in the war.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	5752
	Catalog #:	5007
	Clip Number:	5007-1
	Orginal Film:	53/81
	Timecode:	01:45:40 - 01:48:11
	Location:	Runnymede.
	Year Shot:	1953 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	CEREMONIES: Unveiling LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England MILITARY: Air Force, British (RAF) MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: Military MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: War, World War Two (WWII) ROYALTY: British, Queen Elizabeth II (Princess Elizabeth)
	Description:	See also catalog # 5008 & 73879. AIR FORCE MEMORIAL UNVEILED BY THE QUEEN. Runnymede. LV Memorial. SV figures over arch. GV crowds in front of memorial awaiting Royals. SV Queen Elizabeth II inspects R.A.F. Guard Of Honour followed by Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip and Duke of Gloucester. SV crowd. CU boy wearing medals. LV Queen walking up to mike to address the crowd. SCU Queen (natural sound): "It is very fitting that those who rest in nameless graves should be remembered in this place. For it was in these field of Runnymeade, several centuries ago, that our fore fathers first planted the seed of Liberty. Which helped to spread across the earth, the conviction that men should be free and not enslaved. And when the life of this belief was threatened by the iron hand of tyranny, their successors came forward without hesitation.to fight and, if it was demanded of them, to die for its salvation." SV medalled man in crowd. LV Queen about to unveil the memorial. SCU R.A.F. (Royal Air Force, RAF) emblem being unveiled. LV Queen lays wreath, & CU. LV Crowd. SV Queen opens memorial door with memorial architect Edward Maufe. A.S. names on walls, & CU. SV Queen looking at names. CU R.C.A.F. Names. SV Queen Mother looking at memorial. CU Amy Johnson's name on memorial. GV crowds entering memorial to lay wreaths. SV people laying wreaths. CU small girl lays posy and GV of shrine. LV R.A.F. Guard of Honour around Shrine.

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