Selected Originals - Queen Honours Air Force Dead (1953)
Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story “Queen Honours Air Force Dead“ 53/81.
Some different material from Newsreel Story.
GV Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial. SV inscribed windows. SV tablet on Memorial. CU star and crown on top of memorial. SV rolls of Honour on walls. (4 scenes including Amy Johnson). CU figures on wall (3 shots) CU country insignias (4 shots). GV troops lining road up to memorial. GV crowd at opening ceremony. SV & CU Queen arriving. CU Queen inspecting. Guard of Honour. LV Guard of Honour in front of Memorial (trumpet, natural sound) CU . crest on top of memorial gates. SV Duke of Edinburgh lays wreath. CU wreaths (2 shots). LV Queen leaves dais and says goodbye to dignitaries. SV pan, Queen and Duke leaving through crowds. Queen Mother also in party (4 shots) GV crowd. SV Queen and Duke shake hands with officials and entering car and driving away. SV people looking at wreaths (2 shots). AS Memorial. SV Queen looking at rolls of Honour.