Governor General Alexander In Washington (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. Viscount Harold Alexander Governor General of Canada visits Washington and lays wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. America (USA). M/S’s as Guard of Honour stands to attention. M/S Viscount Alexander saluting, he walks forward with Brigadier General Ferenbaugh and takes wreath. He walks up and places it on Tomb. L/S tomb. C/U tomb which reads ’Here rests in honoured glory an American soldier known but to God’. M/S President Harry Truman shaking hands with Alexander. C/U of Alexander smiling. Cataloguer’s note: date of item: 10/2/1947. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bullet