CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 45997 - COTTER - ROLL NO 3 - Night - Several shots of blazing bonfire and people dancing around it. There are adults and children around the bonfire. Day - Elevated shot of procession going along Whitehall and returning, escorted by Household Cavalry etc. The Princesses are in 2nd landau. Massed crowd in Whitehall. MP's in procession to St. Margaret's Church, lead by Attlee, Churchill and Eden, followed by Morrison, Bevin and rest of MP's. Various shots of procession. Taxi through crowd, Field Marshal Montgomery out of taxi and is greeted by Mayor. Monty shakes hands with crownd and then climbs into a carriage. TS Monty standing in carriage waving to crowd. TS Monty through crowd and into carriage.

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Mr Attlee broadcast at midnight the news that victory over Japan was complete. VJ Day coincided with the Royal Opening of Parliament and the King and Queen's drive to Westminster began the two days of celebrations. Crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace waiting to cheer their sovereign and kept themselves entertained by singing. At night floodlighting and bonfires lit up the skies of London and the rejoicing continued.