HONORARY DOCTORATES IN MILITARY SCIENCE ARE AWARDED TO GENERAL RIDGWAY, GENERAL HANDY AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL NORSTAD, AT SHAPE HEADQUARTERS, 28 JULY 1952 - PART 1 [Allocated Title]
Title:HONORARY DOCTORATES IN MILITARY SCIENCE ARE AWARDED TO GENERAL RIDGWAY, GENERAL HANDY AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL NORSTAD, AT SHAPE HEADQUARTERS, 28 JULY 1952 - PART 1 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1205
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:VIPs assemble for the presentation ceremony, including General Norstad, General Handy (who is deputising for General Ridgway, absent due to illness), Colonel Pitchford and Dr H C Byrd, President of the University of Maryland, the institution making the award. The ceremony is opened by a British Army chaplain, who reads the invocation prayer. Dr Byrd gives a speech stressing the importance of military strength.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
