Peace On Earth (1945)

Title for this item is missing along with Mr Attlee’s speech at the beginning of the item. PEACE ON EARTH London. Mute neg for Mr Attlee’s speech is missing. Track can be heard here. However, a combined print of the missing sequence can be found on this tape just after this item. Title - PRIME MINSTER ATTLEE’S SPEECH ON THE END OF THE WAR. Film ID . Close up shot of the Britain’s Prime Minister Mr Clement Attlee speaking on the end of the war: “Japan has today surrendered. The last of our enemy is laid low. Peace has once again come to the world. Let us thank God for this great deliverance and his mercies. Long Live the King“. Huge crowds in Piccadilly Circus at night. American soldier climbs a lamppost. Man in pyjamas running from house is recalled by wife who hands him his trousers. Various shots of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) in open landau leaving Buckingham Palace, on their way, and arriving at Houses of Parliament for State Opening of Parliament.