Victory Parade Reel 1 (1946)

Titles read: ’PATHE - BIF PRESENTS - VICTORY PARADE JUNE 1946’. (London.) Commentator sets the date as June 8 1946. Several shots of people preparing for the Victory Parade: soldiers come out of tents and have a wash, firemen polish equipment, guards groom horses, crowds gather on the streets to watch the parade. Shots of injured veterans in the crowds. State landau leaving Buckingham Palace, carrying King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother), Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. The procession moves around the Queen Victoria memorial, cheered by crowds. Huge procession of Allied soldiers march along the streets. A mechanised procession (tanks and armoured vehicles) moves along London Bridge, crowded with onlookers. This parade will cover the area south of the River Thames. Fire engines and tractors are also seen. Bomb-flattened areas are seen beside the road. At Westminster, Allied Commanders chat as they wait for the mechanised column and are then seen sitting in armoured vehicle