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1927 BELGIUM: Officials mark the opening of Menin Memorial Gate
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2:44Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1927
Location: Belgium
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATON: And a Monument of Memory
BELGIUM: Ypres:
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GV Ceremony at Menin Memorial Gate
GVs of gate and inscription GVs People gathered
Lord Plumer delivering speech (unheard)
More shots of ceremony and Menin Gate
SLATE INFORMATION: Thousands of bereaved relatives make solemn pilgrimage to the immortal salient, where 58,600 British Soldiers have unknown graves
Various shots of friends and relatives along through gate
Military officers along
Lord Plumer onto podium
SLATE INFORMATION: The opening of the Menin Gate by F.M. Lord Plumer, amid a tense emotional silence
Flags above gateas drop down to uncover inscription
Lord Plumer delivering speech (unheard)
arch, memorial, crowd, postwar, moment of silence, fallen soldiers
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