For Valour - V.C. Exhibition (1956)

Marlborough House, London. GV. Marlborough House and people gathered round entrance. LV. Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, speaking on steps to open exhibition. SV. . (Royal Air Force, RAF) officers and Commonwealth officers standing to attention. SCU. Eden shaking hands with Commonwealth Officers after having declared the Victoria Cross Centenary Exhibition open. LV. Pan down into exhibition showing the Victoria Cross over the doorway. SV. Sir Anthony and Lady Eden walking around. SCU. Uniform worn by Queen Victoria at First Victoria Cross Parade, Hyde Park 28th June 1857, & CU. CU. Victoria Cross won by private William Dowling, 1857. SCU. Photograph of first Victoria Cross - Lieutenant Charles Davis Lucas R. N. won the first V.C. for bravery in the Baltic. CU. His V.C. with two other medals by the side of the photograph. CU. Private John Kirk, V.C. 4th June 1857 one of the Indian mutiny V.C.’s. SCU. Shield and cloak of the native dress, which disguised Thomas Kavanagh to get into enemy lines during I