| TRAFALGAR DAY Celebrations of Trafalgar Day around Nelson’s Column in London. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5433 |
| Catalog #: | 242569 | |
| Clip Number: | 242569-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 30/42 | |
| Timecode: | 01.05.49 - 01.08.15 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Honors LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MILITARY: Navy, British | |
| Description: | “London. Trafalgar Day - Nelson’s Column again bears witness to Empire’s immortal memory of ‘the Greatest of all Sailors’.” London. Shot of one of the statue lions in Trafalgar square. The statue is decorated flowers and wreaths. People inspect the many wreaths at the foot of Nelson’s column. CU of wreaths. Tilt up Nelson’s Column to show statue of Horatio Nelson - Britain’s great Naval hero. Various shots of column and statue. More shots of people looking at column and at wreaths. Various quick cuts from wreaths to statue lions to relief sculpture on column. Unidentified man inspects group of Naval cadets. Parade of Naval Cadets - presumably part of celebration of Trafalgar Day. | |
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