Duke Speaks To NATO Banquet (1959)

Titles read: “GUILDHALL - DUKE SPEAKS TO NATO BANQUET“. London. Various shots at the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) 10th anniversary banquet as the Duke of Edinburgh prepares to make a speech. C/Us of guests Prince Bernhard, Duncan Sandys, German General Hans Speidel, Dame Florence (widow of Ernest Bevin). Guests applaud and Prince Philip makes his speech. He emphasises that NATO is a defensive and co-operative alliance and refers to the fact that they are having dinner at the Guildhall and not a grand military parade. C/U of General Lauris Norstad (Supreme Allied Commander of Europe) applauding. The Prince talks of NATO allowing Europe to survive ten years of tension and crisis. C/Us of Lord Ismay and Mr PH Spaak, President of the Council of Europe and Belgian Delegate to UNO. The Duke mentions “the lately retired guardian angel of NATO himself, Lord [Bernard] Montgomery“, saying some think he’s more like the wicked fairy at the moment, but says “I am quite sure that his annua