| Content Note | 00:00 Repairs to wall at St. Pol Cemetery, France (black & white footage).
00:25 Laying of headstone beams in an unidentified cemetery in Europe post-WW2 (colour footage).
00:41 Structural maintenance operations in Hargicourt British Cemetery, France (colour footage).
02:06 Building is now in progress at many cemeteries (inspection of newly-erected pergola feature in an unidentified cemetery, colour footage).
02:31 Headstone re-engraving/cleaning in Hargicourt British Cemetery, France (colour footage).
03:23 Painting gate at Hargicourt British Cemetery, France (colour footage).
03:36 Maintenance of Cross of Sacrifice at Hargicourt British Cemetery, France (colour footage).
04:16 Maintenance of bronze name panels at the Tower Hill Memorial, London (colour footage).
04:24 Construction of the Singapore Memorial (colour footage).
06:00 Construction of Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, France (colour footage).
06:16 Engraving by Smith & Langer of name panels destined for the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (black & white footage).
07:35 Members representing the three nations inspect British cemeteries in France where German soldiers rest among the Empire’s dead in French soil (black & white footage, including Sir Fabian Ware speaking to gardener at the Le Touret Memorial).
08:46 El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt under construction (colour footage).
11:13 Funerals taking place in Brookwood Military Cemetery during WW2 (black & white footage).
13:11 Winston Churchill in North Africa (black & white footage).
13:22 Graves of the “Vindictive” heroes (black & white footage).
13:44 The resting place of Commander Godsal (black & white footage).
13:53 Women wreathlaying on graves marked with wooden crosses post-WW1 (black & white footage).
14:33 King George V inspecting isolated graves on the former battlefield during his pilgrimage in May 1922 (black & white footage).
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Media Date Created: 2021-11-24 16:22:39
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