Lord Beaverbrook unveils Air Transport Auxiliary Plaque (civilian aircraft ferry service). St. Paul's Cathedral. London.
Various shots RAF (Royal Air Force) officers walking up steps of St. Paul's. MS group of officers talking. CU First Officer, Mrs Diana Barnato Walker. CU's RAF officers. LS two RAF officers walking past pigeons at St. Paul's. LS guests arriving up the steps of St. Paul's. LS looking up at St. Paul's, pan to officers.
LS group of RAF officers. LS guests arriving. LS St. Paul's, pan down to guests entering. LS USAAF officer entering. LS guests arriving. LS High Commissioner of New Zealand, W J Jordan, arriving. Various shots Lord Beaverbrook arriving. MS Max Aitken arriving. MS unveiling of the plaque. CU's The ATA plaque. LS Beaverbrook unveiling memorial. MS laying wreath on memorial. MS's Beaverbrook unveiling. CU Beaverbrook.
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