Salute The Soldier Week Opens In London (1944)

Item title reads - Salute the Soldier week opens in London. L/S pan down Nelson’s column and crowds in Trafalgar square. M/S of Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke (Alanbrooke ?) making speech saying the savings campaign will provide support for present and hope for future. Various shots in Hyde Park as massed Canadian military bands march and counter march before large crowds. M/S of parade outside Buckingham Palace of servicemen and women. Various shots of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) as they stand on platform at gates and watch. 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 (1910-193