Media item

Dead from the war commemorated

Week number 61-47

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

Type:
video
Length:
01:36
Publication date:
11 November 1961
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER614-HRE0001DC34

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.