Montgomery Unveils Plaque (1949)

Unissued / unused material. Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery unveiled plaque at the Victory Club, Seymour Street, London. MS Monty drawing aside veil from plaque of 8th Army insignia. CU plaque. CU words beneath the plaque - “This room has been presented to the Victory (Ex-Servicemen’s) Club in commemoration of the Eighth Army whose welfare funds have provided this endowment“. LS looking towards platform with Monty speaking. MS & CU Monty speaking. Cut in shots people in audience. MS Monty speaking. CU people clapping. CU Monty and two other men looking at plaque. MS people in audience. CU man chatting, pan to Monty, pan to another man. CU Monty, pan to another man. Date on dope sheet is 22/10/1949. FILM ID:2521.3 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 represent