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Unique IDCWGC/9/4/10
TitleFilm 12. Archive film footage showing scenes of various cemeteries and memorials inter-cut with statistics and details on the Commission’s work
DescriptionArchive film footage showing scenes of various cemeteries and memorials inter-cut with statistics and details on the Commission’s work. . Duration 24:11.
Date1918 - 1959
Content Note01:50 Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery in 1918 and in the 1950’s
02:18 Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ypres
02:48 Combles Cemetery, France
03:12 La Chaudiere Cemetery, Vimy – footage of Canadian Head Gardener tending graves of comrades
03:35 Etretat Churchyard and Extension
04:13 Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt
04:25 Corbie Cemetery
04:57 Arnhem Cemetery, Holland
05:17 Ranville War Cemetery, Normandy
06:00 St. Valery-en-Caux Cemetery
06:44 Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-sur-Mer, France
06:52 Brunssum War Cemetery, Holland
07:04 Mook War Cemetery
07:20 Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany – preparation for installation of headstone beams for the erection of permanent headstones
07:41 Ceremonies commemorating the 10th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy (including footage of General Bernard Montgomery are Ranville Churchyard and Ranville War Cemetery, and the President of the French Republic Monsieur Coty laying a wreath in Bayeux War Cemetery
09:10 Kohima War Cemetery, India
09:50 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand
10:33 Kranji Cemetery, Singapore – gardener with lawn mower
10:55 Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio
11:21 Minturno Cemetery
11:40 Castiglione South African Cemetery
12:07 Florence Cemetery
12:27 Granezza cemetery in the snow
13:03 Lae War Cemetery, New Guinea, with footage of gardener
13:29 Gallipoli
14:08 Hill 60 Cemetery and New Zealand Memorial, Anzac
14:36 Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Anzac – gardener working in cemetery
15:05 Ari Burnu Cemetery, Anzac – gardener working in cemetery
15:21 Cape Helles Memorial
15:40 Redoubt Cemetery, Helles
16:37 Haida Pasha Cemetery – views of cemetery including the Florence Nightingale memorial
17:47 Thiepval Memorial
18:00 Vimy Memorial
18:23 repair work in progress at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial on damage suffered during the Second World War
19:01 Portsmouth Naval Memorial
19:37 HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the unveiling of the Chatham Naval Memorial Second World War Extension.
20:01 HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the unveiling of the Runnymede Memorial, 17th October 1953 in the presence of 25,000 relatives, with footage of the Principal Architect Sir Edward Maufe presenting the Queen with the key to unlocked the doors to the memorial.


File Size: 1012 MB
Media Width: 1920
Media Height: 1080
Media Date Created: 2021-12-10 10:38:36

No sound
Captions in English
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryPhotographic Library
PhotographerCWGC