Film Record: Australians and Canadians Visit Cenotaph

Still from Australians and Canadians Visit Cenotaph via EAFA.

Identifier:

• 4438 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Eunice Alliott

Eustace Alliott

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:04:02

Length:

100 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"Short film recording a wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph from a high vantage point in Parliament Street" (EAFA Database).

Resources:

This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.

Locations:

• London, UK (Filming)

Subjects:

• Europe
•      England

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Viewing Notes:

"shots of some of the wreaths and onlookers at the Cenotaph after the ceremony. Shots include: marching bands, veterans carrying flags, columns of veterans and presumably female relatives of the deceased from Parliament Square along Parliament Street to the Cenotaph; police marshalling crowds at the Cenotaph; the ceremony at Cenotaph; marching band and flag bearers leave the ceremony in procession along Parliament Street after the conclusion of the ceremony; close shots of wreaths and onlookers at the Cenotaph as London buses pass them on Whitehall" (EAFA Database).

Video Link:

• eafa.org.uk

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