DeptName
Documents
IDNO
7594
OtherNumber
Misc 200 (2938)
ObjectType
Miscellaneous Documents
ShortSummary
Two ts letters (each 1p) sent from HM Office of Works to a Mr John Sowerbutts, November 1920, the first authorising him to accompany the casket containing the remains of the Unknown Warrior back from France to the United Kingdom, while the other thanks him for his services rendered.
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
WebStatus
published
UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31
URLEncodedDeptName
Documents
Access
Unrestricted
DeptName
Documents
IDNO
10107
OtherNumber
Misc 44 (754)
ObjectType
Miscellaneous Documents
ShortSummary
Small collection of miscellaneous items relating to the First World War and later service of Miss W Haythorne (later Mrs Parsons) of Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, including documents, letters and bank advices relating to her service pay (1918 - 1919), a piece of German bed made from paper (22 November 1918), two tickets for the service at St Paul's Cathedral for the 25th Wedding Anniversary of HM George V and Queen Mary (6 July 1918), a ts letter (1p) to Miss Haythorne from the QMAAC headquarters notifying her of her award of the Insignia of the Order of the British Empire (10 December 1919); an invitation to the funeral procession of the Unknown Warrior and Order of Service (11 November 1920); notification of awards of the British War Medal and Victory Medal (22 August 1921); two menus for QMAAC reunions (25 June 1920 and 26 February 1938); and a programme for the wedding of HRH Princess Mary to the Viscount Lascelles DSO (28 February 1922).
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
WebStatus
published
UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31
URLEncodedDeptName
Documents
Access
Unrestricted
DeptName
Documents
IDNO
10746
OtherNumber
Misc 7 (143)
ObjectType
Miscellaneous Documents
ShortSummary
Ts transport order (1p) for Lieutenant Swift, taking 16 barrels of French soil from Dover to Victoria Station for the burial of the Unknown Warrior, with a receipt (1p) for the consignment, 10 November 1920.
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
WebStatus
published
UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31
URLEncodedDeptName
Documents
Access
Unrestricted
DeptName
Sound
IDNO
4409
ProductionDate
1920
ObjectType
Recording
IndexObjects
song: Abide With Me
song: Eternal Father Strong To Save
IndexPlaces
GB, England & London, Westminster Abbey <Tomb of the Unknown Soldier> <Tomb of the Unknown Warrior>
ShortSummary
Two hymns sung at the service for the burial of the Unknown Soldier, Westminster Abbey, London, 11/11/1920
FullSummary
TRACK 1: Abide With Me
TRACK 2: Eternal Father, Strong To Save
ContextDescription
Commercial Recordings
Music: First World War
Duration
8
NumberOfParts
1
OtherFormats
None
Language
English
RelatedSoundFile
unknownsoldier-remembrance.mp3
Weighting
750
900
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
WebStatus
Published
UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006
URLEncodedDeptName
Sound
Access
IWM copyright
DigitalAsset
Y
DeptName
Film
IDNO
WPN 225
ProductionDate
27/8/1945
ItemName
WAR PICTORIAL NEWS NO 225 [Main]
IndexObjects
ceremonies, Belgian - event-related: presentation of colours
operations, British air - sortie
combat, British - air strike
ships, British naval - battleship: Renown
ships, British auxiliary - transport: Queen Elizabeth
ships, British auxiliary - transport: Queen Mary
demobilisation, United States
IndexPeople
Adair, Allan H S
Roey, Joseph van (Cardinal)
Jean, Prince of Luxembourg
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Hughe M
George VI, King
Truman, Harry S
IndexPlaces
Belgium & Brussels, Brabant <Palais de Justice>
Belgium & Brussels, Brabant <Tomb of Unknown Warrior>
Burma
USA & New York, NY
IndexUnits
GB.N & Renown
GB.A & Guards Armoured Division
FullSummary
I. 'BRUSSELS.' Elements of the Guards Armoured Division (British XXX Corps) march through the streets of Brussels as civilian spectators look on from the windows of surrounding buildings. A Guards Armoured Division pipe band makes its way towards the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. Major-General Allan H S Adair (commander Guards Armoured Division) lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. March to Palais de Justice. Cardinal van Roey; Prince Jean of Luxembourg; Sir Hugh Knatchbull-Hugessen (British Ambassador) and the Belgian Queen Mother watch the presentation of colours to Guards Armoured Division members by the Burgermeister of Brussels.
II. 'MONSOONS IN BURMA.' Heavy monsoon rains and wind lash a tented Royal Air Force (RAF) encampment in Burma. The commentary outlines the difficulties of operating aircraft in such conditions. RAF ground crews prime the engines of a South East Asia Command (SEAC) Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber "Miss Jeanette". Protective tarpaulins are pulled from the twin .50-inch Browning machine gun turret of a B-24. A B-24 Liberator runs up its engines in driving rain. SEAC B-24 Liberators take off for a sortie against Bangkok. Operational footage shows bombs dropping and impacting over the target area. B-24 aircraft land on their return from Bangkok.
III. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' United States (US) enlisted men embark on the British liner «Queen Elizabeth» for their return journey to home, family and civilian life. US servicemen wave to camera from the decks of «Queen Elizabeth». The «Queen Elizabeth» sets sail from the Clyde on its long journey to New York. The liner «Queen Mary» also on troop relocation duties, navigates the Hudson River on its arrival at New York Harbour. The liner is shown passing Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty on its journey to its mooring point (East River ?). Film footage taken from an airship shows thousands of US servicemen crammed on the decks of «Queen Mary». «HMS Renown» is shown at anchor in Plymouth Sound during the visit of US President Harry S Truman to the ship to meet King George VI. A contingent of the ship's Royal Marines form a guard of honour for the visiting US President. President Truman and King George VI shake hands on the deck of the British battleship.
ContextDescription
The raw footage for Item II was shot by the RAF's No.3 Film Production Unit based in Calcutta. This footage is also held by the IWM as ABY 121. See related items.
Duration
10 mins
Format
P 1/35/N
Colour
B&W
Sound
comopt
NumberOfParts
1
Dimensions
892 ft
ProductionSponsor
Ministry of Information, Middle East
ProductionCompany
War Pictorial News
ProductionTeam
Martin, Charles: film editor
ProductionCast
O'Malley, Patrick: commentary
ProductionCountry
GB
Language
English
LanguageMainTitles
English
LanguageSubtitles
Arabic
RelatedIWMItems
IWM film ABY 121 - 'RAF Heavies Pound Bangkok'.
OtherReferences
English script
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
19/05/2008 05:50:18
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM
DeptName
Film
IDNO
A70 193-1
ProductionDate
11/11/1944
ItemName
[REMEMBRANCE DAY IN BRUSSELS (PART 1)] [Allocated]
IndexPlaces
Belgium & Brussels, Brabant
ShortSummary
The Belgians honour Remembrance Day for the time since 1939.
FullSummary
High-ranking British and Belgian army officers take the salute as Belgian police march along the rue Royal towards the Colonne du Congres followed by a Belgian army band (which disappears into the Rue du Congres), women Resistance volunteers and women Great War veterans, Red Cross workers and ex-soldiers of the 1914-1918 conflict, on parade with old regimental colours. Four veteran colour bearers take up position around the Colonne du Congress at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Spectators watching the ceremony and ceremonial trumpeters (?) can be seen from a rooftop overlooking the tomb. Accompanied by his ADCs, Prince Charles, the Regent of Belgium, arrives to attend the ceremony and is seen placing the first wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Afterwards, he talks to Belgian war-veterans before he and his party leave in two limousines. City or provincial leaders and Belgian army officers place their wreaths on the tomb. A march-past consisting of a second Belgian army band and British soldiers and Belgian police ends the ceremony.
ContextDescription
Summary: See with A70 193-2 and refer generally to footage showing the liberation of Brussels on September 3rd-4th 1944 and the ensuing celebrations and commemorations of resistance heroes, notably A70 151-3 and 154-4. The king of the Belgians, Leopold, held in detention by the Germans since the Belgian capitulation of May 1940, remained in captivity until the end of the war in May 1945.
Remarks: Best seen with A70 193-2 which contains similar complementary footage.
Duration
4 mins
Format
P 1/35/A
Colour
B&W
Sound
Mute
Dimensions
366 ft
ProductionSponsor
Directorate of Public Relations, War Office
ProductionCompany
Army Film and Photographic Unit
ProductionTeam
Parkinson (Sergeant): cameraman
ProductionCountry
GB
Language
None
LanguageMainTitles
None
RelatedIWMItems
see the BU series of albums in the Photograph Archive - Nos 1298-311 taken by Captain Edward Malindine and Sergeant L Carpenter.
OtherReferences
dopesheet
shotsheet
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
13/01/2009 05:50:21
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM
DeptName
Film
IDNO
A70 193-2
ProductionDate
11/11/1944
ItemName
[REMEMBRANCE DAY IN BRUSSELS (PART 2)] [Allocated]
IndexPlaces
Belgium & Brussels, Brabant
ShortSummary
Senior British and Belgian army officers and Belgian politicians commemorate Remembrance Day with the Regent of Belgium.
FullSummary
First World War veterans parade along the Rue Royale past the Colonne du Congres; ex-soldiers bearing old regimental colours leave the main body of veterans to take up position at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. The VIP enclosure nearby, Major General-Erskine, British Military Governor of Belgium, is seen in conversation with M Frans van Cauwelaert, President of the Belgium Chamber of Representatives, and other prominent politicians. Accompanied by his two ADCs, Prince Charles, the Regent of Belgium, is seen arriving to attend the ceremony and placing a large wreath on the tomb; note the Eternal Flame. Afterwards, he talks to war veterans (some severely handicapped) and a Canadian soldier (Cockade on beret), the cameraman surveys the doric Colonne du Congress and the wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Civil (?) leaders wearing chains of office and Erskine, accompanied by a senior Belgian officer, place their wreaths on the tomb. Belgian Tricolours flying from flagpoles and old regimental colours are displayed at the foot of the Colonne du Congres.
ContextDescription
Summary: See with A70 193-1 and refer generally to footage showing the Liberation of Brussels on September 3rd-4th 1944 and the ensuing celebrations and commemorations of resistance heroes, notably A70 151-3 and 154-4. Also attending the ceremony were several Chelsea Pensioners. Major-General Erskine was the commander of the 7th Armoured Division until his dismissal by General Dempsey in August 1944.
Remarks: Best seen with A70 193-1 which contains similar, complementary footage.
Duration
3 mins
Format
P 1/35/A
Colour
B&W
Sound
Mute
Dimensions
265 ft
ProductionSponsor
Directorate of Public Relations, War Office
ProductionCompany
Army Film and Photographic Unit
ProductionTeam
Johnson, J N (Sergeant): cameraman
ProductionCountry
GB
Language
None
LanguageMainTitles
None
RelatedIWMItems
see the BU series of albums in the Photograph Archive - Nos 1298-1311 taken by Captain Edward Malindine and Sergeant L Carpenter.
OtherReferences
dopesheet
shotsheet
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
13/01/2009 05:50:21
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM
DeptName
Film
IDNO
A70 193-3
ProductionDate
11/11/1944
ItemName
[the CONSTRUCTION OF A "CORDUROY" ROAD IN SOUTHERN HOLLAND] [Allocated]
IndexPlaces
Netherlands & <south>
ShortSummary
Attempts are made by the Royal Engineers to improve the poor road communications in 8th Corps' sector of 2nd Army's front near Venraij.
FullSummary
The cameraman surveys a newly-laid 'corduroy' road consisting of logs of roughly equal length laid side by side over a cross-country road or track obliterated by heavy rainfall and incessant military traffic; sappers (possibly from a 11th Armoured Division RE unit) are seen trimming with axes the ragged ends of the logs to form a continuous straight edge. The road is seen being extended by the addition of more logs which are then nailed securely to the ground. Sand dumped onto the logs by a tipper lorry is then scattered by the spadeful over the roadway in order to provide its surface with both compactness and protection from excessive wear and tear.
ContextDescription
Summary: See with A70 200-2, which features a Canadian logging company at work in southern Holland, and with A70 182-1, 2, and 12 for footage showing traffic coping with the de Peel region's poor quality road network.
Remarks: Good footage. Best seen with the items of ciné material listed above, notably A70 200-2.
Duration
1 min
Format
P 1/35/A
Colour
B&W
Sound
Mute
Dimensions
124 FT
ProductionSponsor
Directorate of Public Relations, War Office
ProductionCompany
Army Film and Photographic Unit
ProductionTeam
Grant, Ian J (Sergeant): cameraman
ProductionCountry
GB
Language
None
LanguageMainTitles
None
RelatedIWMItems
dopesheet
shotsheet
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
13/01/2009 05:50:21
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM
DeptName
Film
IDNO
IWM 505
ProductionDate
1920
ItemName
ARMISTICE DAY 1920 - HOMECOMING OF AN UNKNOWN WARRIOR [Main]
IndexEvents
First World War, Armistice & 11/11/1918
IndexObjects
celebrations, British - event-related: armistice
casualties, British graves - formal
ceremonies, British - state
ceremonies, British - event-related: funeral (the Unknown Warrior)
journalism and record, British - cameraman (?)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Verdun
buildings, British - monumental: Cenotaph
buildings, British - religious: abbey
IndexPeople
Foch, Ferdinand J M
Weygand, Maxime
Wyatt (Colonel)
Bradstock (Colonel)
Thompson, Colin
Byng, Julian H G
Horne, Henry S
Wilson, Henry F M
Haig, Douglas
French, John D P
Jellicoe, John R
Beatty, David
George V, King
Lloyd George, David
Edward, Prince (Duke of Windsor)
George VI, King
Henry, Prince (Duke of Gloucester)
IndexPlaces
GB, England & London, WC <Charing Cross>
France & Thelus, Pas-de-Calais <cemetery>
France & Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais <harbour>
GB, England & Dover, Kent <harbour>
GB, England & London, SW <Admiralty Arch>
GB, England & London, SW <Cenotaph>
GB, England & London, SW <Westminster Abbey>
IndexUnits
GB.A
GB.A & [Dover Garrison]
GB.A & Australian Imperial Force
GB.A & Canadian Imperial Force
AU.A & Australian Imperial Force
CA.A & Canadian Imperial Force
GB.N
FR.A
ShortSummary
I. Scenes in the Charing Cross area of central London on Armistice Day, with crowds cheering in the streets, 11th November 1918.
II. The transport from France and burial at Westminster Abbey in London of the Unknown Warrior, 10th-11th November 1920.
FullSummary
A temporary British cemetery in France, possibly Thelus. The camera closes in to a cross marked "A British Soldier". Then the coffin of the Unknown Warrior being carried to the quay at Boulogne by senior NCOs of the Royal Army Service Corps, London Regiment, Royal Engineers, Royal Field Artillery, Machine Gun Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, and the Australian Imperial Force and Canadian Expeditionary Force. It is escorted by French soldiers in military mourning. At the quayside Marshal Foch waits with General Weygand, Colonel Wyatt and Colonel Bradstock (?). The coffin is transferred to the destroyer «HMS Verdun», commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Colin Thompson. The ship crosses the English Channel to Dover, where the pallbearers and escort are provided by regiments of the Dover Garrison. 10th November 1920. The ceremony of 11th November 1920. The procession comes through Admiralty Arch led by silent military bands. (The gun-carriage on which the coffin is carried went to France with the BEF in 1914.) The pallbearers (not clearly visible) are British gunners. The chief mourners from the Army are, from the front, General Sir Julian Byng, General Sir Henry Horne, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson (CIGS), Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Field Marshal the Earl of Ypres (John French). The naval mourners can be only occasionally and indistinctly seen. They include Viscount Jellicoe and Admiral Beatty. At the Cenotaph in Whitehall the King, in Field Marshal's uniform, places a wreath on the coffin and another at the base of the monument, after unveiling it. The Prime Minister, Lloyd George, places his wreath on the Cenotaph after the King. The procession moves off at a slow march. The King leads, behind him are the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York (the future George VI) and the Duke of Gloucester. Outside Westminster Abbey the pallbearers take the coffin from the gun-carriage and prepare to enter the building.
ContextDescription
Remarks: these events were covered in Pathe Gazette Issue Issue 721, 18 November 1920.
Duration
7 mins
Format
P 1/35/A
Colour
B&W
Sound
Silent
NumberOfParts
1
Dimensions
413 ft
ProductionCompany
Pathe
ProductionCountry
GB
Language
None
LanguageMainTitles
English
LanguageSubtitles
English
OtherReferences
: November 1929 : the British Legion Journal : Volume 9, Number 5
shotsheet
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM
DeptName
Film
IDNO
IWM 1082-02a
ProductionDate
20/10/1921
ItemName
GAUMONT GRAPHIC 1104 (fragment) [Main]
IndexObjects
ceremonies, British - display: parade
delegations, United States international - military
casualties, British graves - formal
buildings, British - monumental: Cenotaph
journalism and record, British - cameraman
recreation, French civilian - casual
recreation, British civilian - sport: angling
religion, Christianity - ceremonial, British
ships, British civilian - passenger: Calypso
IndexPeople
Pershing, John J
IndexPlaces
GB, England & London, SW <Westminster Abbey & Whitehall>
GB, England & Dover, Kent
France & Paris
GB, England & Hastings, Sussex
GB, England & Hull, Yorks
IndexUnits
US.A & Army of Occupation
GB.O & National Federation of Sea Anglers
GB.O & Salvation Army
ShortSummary
I. Newsreel item on General Pershing and the US Army of Occupation, in Britain on its way home, October 1921.
II. Newsreel item on a student rag at a Paris Engineering College, October 1921.
III. Newsreel item on a sea angling festival at Hastings, October 1921.
IV. Newsreel item on a Salvation Army ship about to sail from Hull to India, October 1921.
FullSummary
I. A troopship carrying Lieutenant-General John Pershing and US soldiers comes into Dover harbour, where it is met by the local garrison commander. Then a formal ceremony in London, in which Pershing joins in a British military procession to Westminster Abbey, where he presents the Unknown Warrior with the US Congressional Medal of Honor. He then goes on to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall (note the cine-cameraman at work).
II. The camera, from a safe high angle, records the students milling around in the quadrangle being showered with water and conducting a mock bullfight.
III. The Fifth Annual Festival of the National Federation of Sea Anglers starts with the small rowing boats putting out to sea and the anglers starting their rod-and-line fishing. Interested spectators watch from the beach.
IV. According to the captions, the Salvation Army team, gathered from all over the world, is about to sail for missionary activity in India. They parade through the streets and board the «SS Calypso» for their journey. Many of them are Indian, and wear Salvation Army uniform with a turban. Some of the women, Indian or not, wear saris. They display the Salvation Army banner.
ContextDescription
Title: this appears on the first caption, which heads the second subject of the newsreel
Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as films IWM 1082-02b-d, the can is marked as IWM 1082-02
Duration
6 mins
Format
P 1/35/A
Colour
B&W
Sound
Silent
NumberOfParts
1
Dimensions
333 ft
ProductionCompany
Gaumont
ProductionCountry
GB
Language
None
LanguageMainTitles
None
LanguageSubtitles
English
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM
DeptName
Film
IDNO
MGH 4511
ProductionDate
25/3/1943
ItemName
[GREEK MINISTERS AND GERMAN OFFICERS LAY WREATHS AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN ATHENS ON 25 MARCH 1943] [Allocated]
[AMATEUR FILM BY ANGELOS PAPANASTASSIOU]
ShortSummary
Amateur clandestine film shot by Angelos Papanastassiou of members of the Greek Government of Prime Minister Ioannis Rallis, watched by German officers, laying wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Constitution Square, Athens on Independence Day (25 March 1943) during the Axis Occupation of Greece. Prominently observed among the press photographers present is a German Propaganda Kompanie cameraman with a tripod-mounted Arriflex.
Duration
1 min
Format
P 1/16/A
Colour
B&W
Sound
Silent
NumberOfParts
1
Dimensions
30 ft (ca)
ProductionTeam
Papanastassiou, Angelos: cameraman
ProductionCountry
Greece
Language
None
LanguageMainTitles
None
LanguageSubtitles
None
OtherReferences
ANGELOS' FILM (1999), directed by Peter Forgács, traces the Papanastassiou family history, interweaving Angelo's record of Athens during the Axis Occupation with home movie film of his daughter Loukia (born 13/12/1941).
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
NON-IWM
DeptName
Film
IDNO
COI 39
ProductionDate
6/1937
ItemName
ITALIAN NEWSREEL - COMMEMORATIVE PARADES 1937 (amended ledger title) [Main]
IndexObjects
ceremonies, Italian - display: military parade
religion, Christianity - military, Italian: open-air service
IndexPlaces
Italy & Florence, Tuscany
Italy & Rome, Latium <Victor Emmanuel Monument>
ShortSummary
Film of several parades (of combined commemorative and reunion character) of Italian military units.
FullSummary
The first parade (not identified) passes a mausoleum, a boulder-monument and a railway station. The second is titled "Firenze 24.5.37 XV Adunata Volontari di Guerra" and involves an open-air religious service in a Piazza. The Third ("Roma 13.6.37 Adunata Artiglieri") has a parade at the Victor Emmanuel monument in Rome: mortars are set up on the monument, a priest blesses the parade with holy water etc. The Fourth ("Roma 26-27.6.37 Adunata Cavalieri d'Italia") again takes place at the Victor Emmanuel monument. Dismounted cavalry lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown warrior; later they acclaim Mussolini in the Piazza Venezia.
Duration
11 mins
Format
P 1/35/N
Colour
B&W
Sound
comopt
NumberOfParts
1
Dimensions
1059 ft
ProductionCountry
Italy
Language
Italian
LanguageMainTitles
(Italian)
LanguageSubtitles
None
OtherReferences
shotsheet
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
To be established
DeptName
Film
IDNO
COI 46
ProductionDate
5/1943
ItemName
la FIRMA DEL PATTO ITALO-TEDESCO : le imponenti manifestazioni di Berlino a se il ministro degli esteri Galeazzo Ciano [Main]
[SIGNING OF THE GERMAN-ITALIAN ALLIANCE] [alternative, allocated]
IndexObjects
ceremonies, Italian - customary: wreath-laying
ceremonies, Italian - event-related: signing of German-Italian Alliance
delegations, Italian international - political: Galeazzo Ciano
IndexPeople
Ciano, Galeazzo (Count)
Goering, Hermann W
Hitler, Adolf
Mussolini, Benito
Ribbentrop, Joachim von
IndexPlaces
Germany & Berlin, Berlin
Italy & Rome, Latium <Adlon>
IndexUnits
DE.A
DE.O & Hitlerjugend
DE.O & Fasci all' Estero & Gruppo Federico Guella
IT.O & Fasci all' Estero & Gruppo Federico Guella
ShortSummary
The visit of Foreign Minister Ciano to Berlin for the signing of the German-Italian Alliance (May 23 1939).
FullSummary
Ciano and his party are seen off from Rome; their train is met in Berlin by units of the Hitlerjugend and the Berlin ("Gruppo Federico Guella") branch of the Fasci all' Estero, and by Ribbentrop. After inspecting the guard of honour, Ciano is driven past enthusiastic crowds to the Adlon. Later, he lays a large wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier of WW1, and reviews a small parade of German Infantry. The treaty is signed by Ciano and Ribbentrop in the presence of Hitler (with several aides, including Goering) who makes a presentation to Ciano after the ceremony. After a speech by Ciano, signatories appear on the Chancellory balcony, to wild cheers. Film taken at night shows Berlin decked with the flags of the two nations. Next day, the Italians are again cheered as they drive to be seen off by Ribbentrop at the station. Their return to Rome and an appearance by Mussolini marking the alliance are acclaimed.
Duration
15 mins
Format
P 1/35/N
Colour
B&W
Sound
comopt
NumberOfParts
2
Dimensions
1427 ft
ProductionCompany
Istituto Nazionale Luce, Rome
ProductionCountry
Italy
Language
Italian
LanguageMainTitles
Italian
LanguageSubtitles
None
OtherReferences
shotsheet
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
To be established
DeptName
Film
IDNO
GWY 152
ProductionDate
1/1943
ItemName
UFA NR 593 [Main]
UFA AUSLANDSTONWOCHE NR 593 [alternative]
IndexObjects
ceremonies, German - event-related: wreath-laying
ceremonies, Italian - event-related: wreath-laying
ceremonies, Japanese - event-related: wreath-laying
aircraft, German - light military: Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
recreation, Rumanian civilian sport- gliding
recreation, Portuguese civilian - sport: gymnastics
recreation, German civilian - sport: gymnastics
recreation, Hungarian civilian - sport: gymnastics
recreation, French civilian - sport: athletics
animals, insects: louse
medical, German civilian - research: diphtheria
engineering, civil, German: railway repair
engineering, civil, Russian: railway repair
reconstruction, Russian: railways
armour, Russian - tank: [wrecked]
operations, German military - routine
weapons, German - gun: 17cm K 18 in Mrs Laf
weapons, German - mortar: 8cm GrW 34
armour, Russian - tank: T-34 & [wrecked]
armour, United States - tank: M3A3 & [Russian] & [wrecked]
casualties, Russian dead - battlefield
combat, German [i]
prisoners of war, Russian - movement
weapons, Russian - gun: 76.2mm ZP obr 1938g
combat, German naval: commerce raiding
ships, German auxiliary - cruiser: Atlantis
ships, German naval - submarine: Type IXC
ships, Italian naval - submarine: Calvi Class
ships, Norwegian civilian - tanker: Teddy
IndexPeople
Mackensen, Hans Georg von
Fieseler, Gerhard
Rochard
Pataki, Ferenc
Behring, Emil von
Lengnich, Erich
Raeder, Erich
Rogge, Bernhard
IndexPlaces
Italy & Rome, Latium <Tomb of Unknown Warrior>
Rumania & Bucharest
Hungary & Budapest
Portugal & Lisbon
France & Lyon, Rhone
Poland & Lvov <Behring Institute>
Russia & Kiev
Russia & Leningrad <suburbs>
Russia & Toropetz
France & Saint Nazaire, Loire Atlantique
Germany & Berlin, Berlin <Kaiserhof Hotel>
Indian Ocean
IndexUnits
RO.F
PT.O & Mocidade Portuguesa
DE.O & Behring Institute
DE.S
DE.A
DE.A & Atlantis
IT.A & [submarine]
FullSummary
I. German and Japanese diplomats lay wreath in Rome. German Ambassador von Mackensen and Japanese chargé d'affaires lay wreath at Tomb of Unknown Warrior.
II. Fieseler visits glider display in Bucharest. Glider display under the auspices of the Rumanian Under-Secretary of State for Air has glider towed into the air by biplane. Glider circles overhead and lands on partly snow-covered airfield. German aircraft designer Fieseler steps out of his own Storch plane and is greeted by Rumanian officials.
III. Gymnastics display by Portuguese youth. Youths of Mocidade Portuguesa (Portuguese Youth) perform gymnastics in a Lisbon stadium watched by spectators in stand who give fascist salute.
IV. Gymnastics competition in Budapest. Germany competes against Hungary at the international sports hall. Scenes on horse and bars. Hungarian Ferenc Pataki wins.
V. Steeplechase race in France. Athletes compete in seven-kilometres-plus steeplechase at Lyon (Vichy France). Rochard wins.
VI. German medical research at Behring Institute in Lvov. Exterior view of swastika-adorned Institute; bust of German bacteriologist Emil von Behring inside. German scientists have made Institute leading centre in world in fight against diphtheria, very prevalent in Eastern Europe. Display of Behring vaccine. Laboratory technicians breed lice, examine matter through microscopes and artificially infect the yolk of a broken egg. Doctor vaccinates a girl in the arm.
VII. Germans repair railways wrecked by Russians German railway repair shop near Kiev repairs bridges, track and other installations. Labourers work with rocks and timber on railways and bridge, over which a train passes.
VIII. German front line within sight of Leningrad. Animated map of Leningrad area. Cartoons on hut signs refer to Dr Erich Lengnich (company doctor ?) and other esoteric figures. Soldiers construct wooden covers over trench, another washes himself with handfuls of snow and others scoop out thawed snow from trench with their helmets. SS company chief arrives in trench on daily visit of inspection and returns heils from men. Leningrad is visible on horizon and German front line passes through suburban tram terminus. Russian tanks which attempted to break Germans' iron ring around city lie destroyed in snow. Soldier fires 8cm mortar and 17cm K in Mörserlafette opens fire.
IX. Germans repel Russian attack on Toropetz Animated map of Moscow area. Bolshevik forces surrounded by Germans on Toropetz front are bombarded by 10.5cm le FH 18 and 15cm FH 18 artillery. Shells explode in the snow. Russian forces in distance are attacked by anti-tank and MG34 fire, leaving battlefield littered with wrecked tanks including US M3A3s and Russian T-34s. Frozen corpses protrude from the snow. Renewed enemy attack is warded off by mortar and artillery fire ordered by phone. night barrage continues till dawn, as shells explode in the snow. Some of the 4,200 Russian prisoners walk by; figure of 14,000 Russian dead suggests enemy's determination. Russian trucks (with snow chains), guns and anti-aircraft 76.2mm ZP obr 1938g stand abandoned in snow.
X. Rescue of «Atlantis» crew and sinking of Norwegian tanker. Crew of auxiliary cruiser «Atlantis» are rescued from six dinghies and lifeboats after the sinking of their ship by a British cruiser («HMS Devonshire», 23/11/1941) in the South Atlantic. Small cutter with survivors comes alongside Type IXC U-boat, one of whose crew sports an ace of spades on his cap. U-boat then tows six small boats in line astern, while some Italian submarines which helped rescue arrive in St Nazaire (late December 1941) on board Calvi Class submarine, with German officers on conning tower with Italian commander. French advertisement for Byrrh visible on wall. German sailors say farewell to Italian comrades. Ashore at Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin Grossadmiral Raeder greets Kapitän zur See Rogge of «Atlantis» who presents his crew. Close-up of Auxiliary Cruiser badge. Flashback to action by «Atlantis» shows lookout on crow's nest, sighting of "British" tanker, alarm signal, breaking German Naval ensign, radio operator listening to hear British SOS signal, loading and firing 5.9-inch gun and tanker exploding after direct hits and becoming pall of oily black smoke. Rogge in merchant marine uniform scans scene with binoculars.
ContextDescription
Summary (item X): cameraman Ulrich Mohr recalled in "Atlantis - the Story of a German Raider" that only tanker sunk was Norwegian «Teddy», in Indian Ocean on 9/11/1940, destroyed by explosives which created dangerously visible column of black smoke.
Duration
15 mins
Format
P 1/35/N
Colour
B&W
Sound
comopt
NumberOfParts
1
Dimensions
1354 ft
ProductionCompany
UFA
ProductionCountry
Germany
Language
French
LanguageMainTitles
French
LanguageSubtitles
None
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM-German
DeptName
Film
IDNO
A70 136-4
ProductionDate
26/8/1944
ItemName
[CEREMONY AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR IN PARIS] [Allocated]
IndexObjects
buildings, French - monumental: tomb of the Unknown Warrior
ceremonies, French - event-related: wreath-laying
IndexPeople
Collins (Sergeant)
IndexPlaces
France & Paris
IndexUnits
FR.AF & Div, Armoured, French, 2
US.A
GB.A & Army Film and Photographic Unit
ShortSummary
Sergeant Collins of the British AFPU team in Paris and an unknown US Army Officer place floral tributes on the grave of the Unknown Warrior at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe, watched over by a Colour party and a Guard of Honour from the 2nd French Armoured Division.
ContextDescription
Note: See with A70 136-1, 2, 3, 5, 137-1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and 140-9 for footage taken during the liberation of Paris. This material was probably intended for inclusion in a feature documentary on the N-W European campaign which was made under Roy Boulting's auspices. 'The True Glory', an Anglo-American production, filled this gap when Boulting's work did not materialise.
Remarks: Best seen with items listed above. Of interest in that a member of the AFPU - Sergeant Max Collins - is featured in this short piece of film.
Documentation/associated material: for a journalistic account of the liberation of Paris, including the dissension that split the Paris FFI, the German garrison commander's dilemma, and the reluctance of the US armies commanders to take on the burden of liberating and supplying Paris, read 'Is Paris Burning?' by Lapierre and Collins and see 'Journal de la Resistance' for film shot by the FFI before the Allies entered Paris.
Duration
1 min
Format
P 1/35/N
Colour
B&W
Sound
Mute
Dimensions
62 ft
ProductionSponsor
Directorate of Public Relations, War Office
ProductionCompany
Army Film and Photographic Unit
ProductionTeam
Rudkin (Sergeant): cameraman
ProductionCountry
GB
Language
None
LanguageMainTitles
None
LanguageSubtitles
None
OtherReferences
dopesheet
shotsheet
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
13/01/2009 05:50:21
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM
DeptName
Film
IDNO
A70 153-4
ProductionDate
8/9/1944
ItemName
[EISENHOWER AND SENIOR ALLIED COMMANDERS COMMEMORATE THE LIBERATION OF PARIS] [Allocated]
IndexObjects
memorials and monuments
photography and cinematography
IndexPeople
Eisenhower, Dwight D
Juin, Alphonse P
Koenig, Pierre
Bradley, Omar N
Simpson (Lieutenant-General)
Ramsay, Bertram H
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford
Tedder, Arthur W
Spaatz, Carl
Kepner (Major General)
Argenlieu, Thierry d'
Bedell Smith, Walter
IndexPlaces
France & Paris, Seine
IndexUnits
FR.A & Garde Republicaine
FullSummary
A Guard of Honour consisting of troopers from the reconstituted Garde Republicaine greets the Allied Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower, and senior Allied military commanders at the Arc de Triomphe. The high ranking VIPs lay wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. Eisenhower makes a short speech, which is relayed to the crowd through a US army interpreter, and then presents Georges Bidault (?), President of the Comité Nationale de la Resistance, a plaque commemorating the part played by the people of Paris in their own liberation. Large numbers of US servicemen and press photographers are present at the occasion. Other identifiable personalities among the VIPs include Lieutenant-General Bradley, Air Chief Marshal Tedder, Lieutenant-General Spaatz, Major-General Kepner, Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory, Admiral Ramsay, Lieutenant-General Bedell-Smith, Generals Juin and Koenig and Admiral d'Argenlieu. Lieutenant-General Simpson and Air Chief Marshal Harris are somewhere in Eisenhower's entourage.
ContextDescription
Note: See A70 153-5 for virtually identical but much shorter footage taken by Sergeant Harris. For coverage of other ceremonial occasions in Paris, refer to A70 144-1 and 2, 148-1 and 2, 155-8 and 9 and 157-9 and 10. Underscoring this footage is the irony that Eisenhower and SHAEF - whose leading lights are seen here - were anxious to avoid liberating Paris until the last possible moment.
Remarks: A good visual record of some of the more senior commanders in SHAEF and Allied forces.
Duration
2 mins
Format
P 1/35/N
Colour
B&W
Sound
Mute
Dimensions
188 ft
ProductionSponsor
Directorate of Public Relations, War Office
ProductionCompany
Army Film and Photographic Unit
ProductionTeam
Rudkin (Sergeant): cameraman
ProductionCountry
GB
Language
None
LanguageMainTitles
None
LanguageSubtitles
None
OtherReferences
dopesheet
shotsheet
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
13/01/2009 05:50:21
URLEncodedDeptName
Film
Access
IWM
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
95 / 784
OtherNumber
0-02-548990-9
ProductionDate
1986
ItemName
The unknown soldier
IndexPeople
[ Hastings, Michael]
IndexPlaces
USA
Vietnam
IndexConcepts
literature
fiction
novels
works about novelists
war in vietnam 1955-1975
vietnam war
war graves
individual graves
prose
military operations
campaigns, military
warfare (conventional)
battles
graves
cemeteries
[ Unknown Soldier]
fiction
poetry
drama
IndexHistPeriod
October 1945 to end of Vietnam War, 1975
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
NumberOfParts
294p.
Dimensions
22
MakerName
by Michael Hastings
MakerInfo
HASTINGS, MICHAEL
ProductionCompany
Macmillan
ProductionCountry
New York
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
11/09/2007 05:50:28
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks
ISBN
0-02-548990-9
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
K. 6144
ProductionDate
1937
ItemName
O Soldado Desconhecido e a chama eterna
the Unknown Warrior and the Perpetual Flame
IndexPlaces
The world
Great Britain
IndexConcepts
war graves
individual graves
graves
cemeteries
[ Unknown Warrior]
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Pbk
ContextDescription
Pbk
Text in English and Portuguese
NumberOfParts
48p.
ill.
Dimensions
24
MakerName
collection and version of Maria Amelia Ferreira Martins of Portuguese Section of FIDAC Auxiliary
MakerInfo
MARTINS, MARIA AMELIA FERREIRA
ProductionCompany
FIDAC
ProductionCountry
Lisboa
Language
Portuguese
English
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
95 / 1600
OtherNumber
0-9524464-0-5
ProductionDate
1995
ItemName
The story of the Unknown Warrior
11 November 1920
IndexPlaces
Great Britain
IndexConcepts
war graves
individual graves
graves
cemeteries
[ Unknown Warrior]
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
ContextDescription
page 87
NumberOfParts
vii, 88 pages
ill., facsims., maps, ports.
Dimensions
23
MakerName
Michael Gavaghan
MakerInfo
GAVAGHAN, MICHAEL
ProductionCompany
M. and L. Publications
ProductionCountry
Preston, Lancashire
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks
FormatDescription
p.87
ISBN
0-9524464-0-5
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
93 / 86
OtherNumber
K
ProductionDate
1951
ItemName
Bringing home the unknown warrior
IndexPlaces
Great Britain
IndexConcepts
war graves
individual graves
graves
cemeteries
[ Unknown Warrior]
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Extract from Ingall's Magazine, volume 1, no. 3, September 1951
ContextDescription
Extract from Ingall's Magazine, volume 1, no. 3, September 1951
NumberOfParts
1 leaf
Dimensions
30
MakerInfo
BRINGING HOME THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR
ProductionCompany
Ingall, Parson, Clive
ProductionCountry
Birmingham
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
81 / 3675
OtherNumber
K
ProductionDate
[1920]
ItemName
The Unknown Warrior's call to living warriors
IndexPlaces
Great Britain
UK
IndexUnits
[ National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers]
IndexConcepts
ex-servicemen
ex-servicemen organisations
old comrades associations
society and the military
IndexHistPeriod
1919 to end of August 1939
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Pbk
Signed by Field Marshal The Earl Haig
"An address given on Armistice Sunday, November 14th, 1920, at a memorial service to the fallen, held in St. Martin's Church, Leicester for the delegates of a conference of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers"
ContextDescription
Pbk
Signed by Field Marshal The Earl Haig
"An address given on Armistice Sunday, November 14th, 1920, at a memorial service to the fallen, held in St. Martin's Church, Leicester for the delegates of a conference of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers"
NumberOfParts
12 pages
Dimensions
21
MakerName
an address by the Rev. Canon F.B. Macnutt, late Senior Chaplain to the Forces in the B.E.F. 1915-1918
with a foreword by Field Marshal The Earl Haig
MakerInfo
MACNUTT, F.B.
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF DISCHARGED AND DEMOBILISED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS
ProductionCompany
Alfred Tacey
ProductionCountry
Leicester
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
80 / 3203
ProductionDate
1928
ItemName
The unknown warrior
a tragedy in three acts
IndexPlaces
France
IndexConcepts
drama
plays
playscripts
drama
[ Raynal, Paul]
IndexHistPeriod
First World War
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
NumberOfParts
277p.
Dimensions
20
MakerName
by Paul Raynal
the English version by Cecil Lewis
MakerInfo
RAYNAL, PAUL
ProductionCompany
Methuen
ProductionCountry
London
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
86 / 441
ProductionDate
1926
ItemName
The unknown warrior and other poems
IndexPeople
[ Carrier, E.H.]
IndexPlaces
Great Britain
IndexConcepts
poetry
verse
poems by individual authors
poetry
IndexHistPeriod
First World War
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Not in Catherine Reilly's bibliography of First World War poetry
ContextDescription
Not in Catherine Reilly's bibliography of First World War poetry
NumberOfParts
v, 50p.
Dimensions
19
MakerName
by E.H. Carrier
MakerInfo
CARRIER, E.K.
ProductionCompany
Epworth Press
ProductionCountry
London
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
89 / 914
ProductionDate
1924
ItemName
The unknown warrior and other poems
IndexPeople
[ Palmer, Herbert Edward]
IndexPlaces
Great Britain
IndexConcepts
poetry
verse
poems by individual authors
poetry
IndexHistPeriod
First World War
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Presentation copy to Thomas Moult signed by the author
ContextDescription
Presentation copy to Thomas Moult signed by the author
NumberOfParts
xii, 84p.
Dimensions
19
MakerName
by Herbert Edward Palmer
MakerInfo
PALMER, HERBERT EDWARD
ProductionCompany
Heinemann
ProductionCountry
London
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks
DeptName
Printed Books
IDNO
91 / 644
OtherNumber
K
ProductionDate
No date
ItemName
The Unknown Warrior and other poems
IndexPeople
[ Beach, G.C.]
IndexPlaces
Great Britain
IndexConcepts
poetry
verse
poems by individual authors
poetry
IndexHistPeriod
First World War
FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Pbk
First appeared in the "Yorkshire Herald", Nov. 1920
Not in Reilly
ContextDescription
Pbk
First appeared in the "Yorkshire Herald", Nov. 1920
Not in Reilly
NumberOfParts
24 pages
Dimensions
19
MakerName
by Rev. G.C. Beach
MakerInfo
BEACH, G.C.
ProductionCompany
H.E. Downs
ProductionCountry
York
Weighting
1
SubThemeTag
UnknownWarrior
UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44
URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks