D-Day Beaches One Year After (1945)

Full title reads: “D-DAY BEACHES ONE YEAR AFTER“. Normandy, France & London. Various shots of the British soldiers commemorating the first anniversary of the D-day landings on the beaches at Normandy. Lines of soldiers praying. Soldiers’ graves on the beaches of Normandy. As the images change, a voice of General Eisenhower is heard - he is continuing his speech from the previous item A LONDONER NOW - Film ID . General Eisenhower in Guildhall speaking after receiving Freedom of the City. He finishes the speech and American anthem is played. Pan of the landau arriving at the Mansion House, huge crowds cheering. Several shots of the American General Dwight Eisenhower speaking on the balcony of Mansion House. Panning shot of the huge crowds listening to Eisenhower. Winston Churchill standing behind Eisenhower. Pan of huge crowd cheering. Eisenhower speaking (natural sound): “Whether you know it or not I am now a Londoner myself. I have just as much right to be down in that crowd, yelling, as you
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