Summary: On the day which sees the launching of Operation "Market Garden", Field Marshal Montgomery attends a church service and visits a military hospital in Brussels.
Description: As he leaves Christchurch, the Anglican church in the city, Montgomery is presented with a bouquet of flowers by a young Belgian girl, watched by applauding city folk. Before leaving in his Humber car 'Old Faithful', he converses with his BGS/Cops, Brigadier Belchem; among the officers in the background are Lieutenant-Colonel Cannon, Deputy Military Secretary, and Major-General Inglis, senior RE commander at 21st Army Group HQ. The Field Marshal emerges from the Institute Jules Bordet with RAMC officers and QAIMNS nursing staff serving with the 8th British General Hospital presently quartered there. Before leaving, he bids farewell to the matron, Miss Sharpe.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Chown, L B T (Production individual)
