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  • Short Summary

    American airmen are presented with medals at unknown airfield.

  • Description

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    Various air shots of the airfield with planes and troops lined up. Various shots of high ranking American officer presenting airmen with medals at the airfield.

    Various shots of a line of men receiving medals and moving away. A band is seen playing. More shots of long line of men receiving medals.

    Several shots of the men looking at medals and chatting. Close up shot of one of the airmen with medal.

    Several panning shots of the troops and planes lined up at the airfield during the ceremony. More shots of the airmen looking at medals. Close up shot of medal. Lined up troops salute to officers. More men receiving medals.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1861.08
    Media URN:
    61048
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:06:34:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:34:02:00 / 01:40:36:00
    Canister:
    UN 735 D

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    A slate at 5:33 tells us that the footage was shot by a cameraman named "Walker", and is footage of an Airborne Awards ceremony.

    Given that the awards seem to be getting made to American soldiers, we can perhaps assume that the dating on the slate is in the American dating format, meaning the footage was shot on October 6th 1944.

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