A Pigeon Gets A Medal (1946)

Item title reads - A pigeon gets a medal. Tower of London. L/S pan across crowds gathered to see hero pigeon “G.I. Joe“ receive his medal for carrying a message through an artillery bombardment in Italy. M/S of him in his cage. Camera pans up to Major-General Sir Charles Keightley, Director of Military Training at the War Office, Wing Commander W. D. Lea Rayner, Head of the Air Ministry Pigeon Service, and Major General Clayton Bissle, representative of the U.S. Embassy. C/U of two Beefeaters. M/S as the pigeon is presented with the Dickin medal, C/U of him wearing it. M/S as the Tower’s tabby cat watches the proceedings. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencie