FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, RETIRING AS DEPUTY SACEUR - REEL 1 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, RETIRING AS DEPUTY SACEUR - REEL 1 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: NAT 1635
  • Other titles: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Field Marshal Montgomery is presented with the Medaille Militaire, by Marshal Alphonse Juin, on 15 September. The ceremony takes place at the Cour D'Honneur, at the Hotel des Invalides, Paris. Field Marshal Montgomery pays a farewell visit to NATO headquarters at the Palais de Chaillot, France, 17 September 1958. He is welcomed by the Secretary General Paul-Henri Spaak. Field Marshal Montgomery is honoured at a farewell ceremony at SHAPE headquarters, 18 September 1958. General Norstad gives a speech and presents him with a scroll bearing the signatures of each SACEUR, past and present. Newsreel cameras record the event.
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  • Alternative Title: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
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  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: NAT 1635
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  • Access Conditions: IWM NATO © NATO (IWM, NAT 1635)
  • Featured Period: 1945-1989
  • Production Date: 1958-09-15-1958-09-15
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  • Production Details:North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Sponsor) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details:Footage: 2018ft; Running time: 22 mins 25 secs.
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