| USA AIR FORCE MEMORIAL UNVEILED AT CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8161 | |
| Catalog #: | 26111 | |
| Clip Number: | 26111-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2563 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:39:16 - 01:42:25 | |
| Location: | Essex | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Dedications LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: War, World War Two (WWII) | |
| Description: | Lord Lieutenant makes speech. Lord Lt. of Essex speaking, “I, Her Majesty's Lieutenant of the County of Essex, do now present this gift to the Cathedral Church in the name of the English speaking Union in Essex and the Essex Anglo-American Goodwill Association.” MS windows unveiled by Viscount Montgomery (Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, Monty). Monty gives speech inaugurating windows. “It’s been my great honor to unveil the East window in this Memorial Porch. We are met here today to unveil and dedicate this Memorial in memory of the comradeship that exited between the people of Essex and the members of the United States forces stationed in the county during the war. “ MS dedication by the Bishop of Chelmsford Sherard Faulkner Allison. “To the Glory of God, and in the faith of Jesus Christ, in grateful memory of friendships and tasks shared by the people of Essex and the United States Army Air Force stationed in their midst, we dedicate these windows, this woodwork, this floor in the Name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. May God bless our going out and our coming in, now henceforth and forever more. Amen.” Dignitaries leave. | |
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