War Graves In France (1920)

Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown.



France.



CU of inscription on War Grave. 1914-1918. Pan to sign which reads: "Cimetiere Polonais". Pan across to show war cemetery filled with simple white crosses marking the graves of men who died in WWI.



CU of a flag flying from a flagpole.



Shots of various graves. - Spacing -



Shots of a company of RAF (R.A.F. - Royal Air Force) marching along a road. They lay wreaths at a war memorial. One wreath is layed by an RAF man and one by a civilian.



CU name on wreath from RAF.



A civilian and an RAF officer shake hands for the camera in front of the memorial.



Shots of statue of solider on memorial.



Pan across large war cemetery. Various shots of gravestone. Shots of part of the cemetery with black cross - they bear the names of German dead. A man tends the cemetery.
FILM ID:590.01

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