Title:WITH THE GLOUCESTERS IN KOREA AT THE TIME OF THE IMJIN BATTLE (AND OTHER ITEMS ON 1ST BATTALION GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT) [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 4555
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY MAJOR DIGBY GRIST [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film with titles shot by Major D B A Digby Grist of 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment records scenes before and after the Battle of the Imjin River (1951), voyage back to England, plus newsreel item on presentation of new colours to 1st Battalion by Duke of Gloucester.
Description: Amateur film shows recreational and patrol activity before Battle of the Imjin River, Lieutenant-Colonel Carne with his soldiers, Gloucester Hill afterwards with grave of Private Vosper of 1st Glosters, Citation Parade, leave in Japan, crossing the Imjin with the Commonwealth Division and the last parade of 29 Brigade in Korea.
Colour film by Digby Grist of voyage home from Korea to England through Straits of Malacca, Aden and Suez Canal.
(Gaumont-British News) Duke of Gloucester, as Colonel-in-Chief of the Gloucestershire Regiment, presents new colours to 1st Battalion at Stour Park, Gloucestershire, and makes live address before Battalion parades to Cathedral.
Victory Parade in London.
Soldiers of 1st Battalion with kitbags at Heytesbury station (Warminster, Wiltshire) move off in transport.
Underexposed colour film of parade on barrack ground in winter. Soldiers in obstacle race in summer.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY MAJOR DIGBY GRIST [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 4555
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1951
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Digby Grist, Major D B A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 824 ft; Running time: 21 mins
