Passing Of A V.C. Hero (1943)

Full title reads: “PASSING OF A V.C. HERO“. England. Various shots of funeral procession of first Australian Air Force V.C. (Victoria Cross) Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton. It makes its way through his station somewhere in England (probably RAF Mildenhall). Various shots of the full military funeral service at St John’s Churchyard, Beck Row, Suffolk. The service ends with a salute from the rifles and The Last Post (natural sound). (Mute & Track Negs.) 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 agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end