Title:GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS Issue 744 (items) [Main Title]
Film Number:NGB 744
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Summary:
Description: "Another Investiture at the Palace" Recipients of gallantry and honour awards pose outside Buckingham Palace. Recipients named by commentary include Chairman and Founder of the Women's Voluntary Service Lady Reading (Dame of the British Empire) and other WVS members, three nurses Miss Beetle, Wilkins and Jones (Award of Royal Red Cross), Flight Lieutenant Hugo (DFC) and RAF fighter pilot Flight Lieutenant H M Stephen (DSO, DFC and Bar).
"Our Roving Camera Reports" King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pay surprise visits to the bomb-damaged cities of Stoke on Trent and Manchester, walking between crowds of civilians lining the road, including a man wearing ARP Warden insignia and another in Auxiliary Fire Service uniform. Herbert Morrison, Home Secretary, accompanies the royal couple in Manchester, whose inhabiatants are said to "take blitz as a matter of course".
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:NGB 744
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1941-02-20
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Gaumont British News (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 116 ft; Running time: 1 mins
