T/I 10:35:15
STORY: WORLD WAR II
LOCATION: LONDON, UK
DATE: 19 AUGUST 1995
DURATION: 1.40
Royals salute the forgotten army
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday (19/8) joined thousands
of second world war veterans to mark the 50th anniversary of the
Japanese surrender, and the end of World War 2. Among other
members of the royal family at the ceremony were the Prince and
Princess of Wales, who, although separated, attended with their
children. Four days after the anniversary of the actual date on
which the war ended, they attended a solemn service of
commemoration - conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and
several other clergy. British Prime Minister John Major and main
opposition leader Tony Blair were among the dignitaries. A
Lancaster bomber scattered thousands of scarlet paper poppies over
thousands of spectators packing the forecourt of Buckingham Palace
and the Mall that links it with Trafalgar Square. The poppy is a
symbol of the sacrifice made by British servicemen and women.
After the service, the Queen reviewed lines of non-marching
veterans, and then stood as a long parade of others marched past
her in the Mall. Later in the afternoon, the crowds watched a
series of flypasts by aircraft ranging from helicopters to
Spitfires. With the Queen on board the royal yacht Britannia, the
celebrations ended at dusk on Saturday in a spectacular fireworks
display over the River Thames.
SHOWS:
(LONDON, ENGLAND, 19/8)
Heraldic tune. WS main stage. Royal family. CU Queen Elizabeth II. Veterans seated. Right Reverend James Harkness, Church of Scotland, SOT: "We are not here today to reopen old wounds or to relive past enmities. We have come to give thanks for the end of a conflict which engulfed our world." Lancaster bomber drops poppies. Full frame poppies. Band playing "Rule Britannia". Royal dais, Prince Charles, Princess Diana and Queen. CU Queen. Mass of veterans in march past. Veterans in wheelchairs. Women marching in front of royals. Old bikes rolling along. Old war vehicles. Aerial of old vehicles. Flypast over
Tower bridge. Queen transferred onto royal yacht. Red arrows flying in `50' formation. Sikorsky chopper turns. AWAC flypast with four tornadoes on the wing.
T/I 10:35:15
STORY: WORLD WAR II
LOCATION: LONDON, UK
DATE: 19 AUGUST 1995
DURATION: 1.40
Royals salute the forgotten army
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday (19/8) joined thousands
of second world war veterans to mark the 50th anniversary of the
Japanese surrender, and the end of World War 2. Among other
members of the royal family at the ceremony were the Prince and
Princess of Wales, who, although separated, attended with their
children. Four days after the anniversary of the actual date on
which the war ended, they attended a solemn service of
commemoration - conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and
several other clergy. British Prime Minister John Major and main
opposition leader Tony Blair were among the dignitaries. A
Lancaster bomber scattered thousands of scarlet paper poppies over
thousands of spectators packing the forecourt of Buckingham Palace
and the Mall that links it with Trafalgar Square. The poppy is a
symbol of the sacrifice made by British servicemen and women.
After the service, the Queen reviewed lines of non-marching
veterans, and then stood as a long parade of others marched past
her in the Mall. Later in the afternoon, the crowds watched a
series of flypasts by aircraft ranging from helicopters to
Spitfires. With the Queen on board the royal yacht Britannia, the
celebrations ended at dusk on Saturday in a spectacular fireworks
display over the River Thames.
SHOWS:
(LONDON, ENGLAND, 19/8)
Heraldic tune. WS main stage. Royal family. CU Queen Elizabeth II. Veterans seated. Right Reverend James Harkness, Church of Scotland, SOT: "We are not here today to reopen old wounds or to relive past enmities. We have come to give thanks for the end of a conflict which engulfed our world." Lancaster bomber drops poppies. Full frame poppies. Band playing "Rule Britannia". Royal dais, Prince Charles, Princess Diana and Queen. CU Queen. Mass of veterans in march past. Veterans in wheelchairs. Women marching in front of royals. Old bikes rolling along. Old war vehicles. Aerial of old vehicles. Flypast over
Tower bridge. Queen transferred onto royal yacht. Red arrows flying in `50' formation. Sikorsky chopper turns. AWAC flypast with four tornadoes on the wing.
