Armistice Day 1945 (1945)

Full title reads: “ARMISTICE DAY 1945“. Various. Long shot of Whitehall on Armistice Day. King George VI laying wreath on the Cenotaph. Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), Princess Marina Duchess of Kent, Princess Margaret Rose on balcony overlooking Cenotaph. Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in ATS uniform laying wreath on Cenotaph and saluting. Close up shot of Big Ben at 11 a.m. LS Large gun firing, signalling the beginning of two minutes silence. Long panning shot of large military cemetery at El Alamein, Egypt. Close up shot of the shadow of a cross silhouetted on ground. Close up shot of gravestone of a British soldier. Close up shot of a cross on the grave of an unknown British soldier. Close up shot of the tomb of the unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. Close up shot of a base of cross on grave of unknown soldier bearing inscription ’Here lies a man’. Close up shot (quite emotional) of an elderly woman fondling a photograph of her son in her hands. I
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