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Dead from the war commemorated

Week number 61-47

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

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Commemoration of the 3100 soldiers killed in action at the Canadian cemetery in Groesbeek. The Canadian minister for War Veteran Affairs Gordon Churchill inspect the guard of honour of the Queens Own Rifles of Canada, after which he lays a wreath at the monument, followed by the Royal Commisioner of Gelderland H.W. Bloemers. After that the Last Post sounds.

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
11 November 1961
Length:
01:35

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video
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User:
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
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