Memorial To Green Jackets 1951

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Item title reads - Memorial to Green Jackets. Calais, France.

L/S people assembled around veiled memorial. M/S memorial draped with Union Jack. M/S inscription on base of memorial. C/U Rifle Brigade badge. C/U Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery shaking hands with French officer. C/U ribbons,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
47716
Sort Number:
51/046
Time in/Out:
01:02:54:00 / 01:04:26:00
Canister:
51/46
Film ID:
1463.03
Issue Date:
07/06/1951

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