Celebrations For 50th Anniversary Of Battle Of Verdun AKA 50th Anniversary Of Verdun (1966)

Unissued / unused material - some dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Verdun, France VS Scenes around Verdun as First World War veterans await the arrival of the French President, General Charles de Gaulle at the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Verdun celebrations. High shot, General de Gaulle arrives at the monument commemorating the battle and lights a flame at the base. CU Inscription on the War Memorial. VS General de Gaulle walks through crowds in streets of Verdun and shakes hands with veterans and townspeople. Various views, good shots of the thousands of crosses of the war graves in the cemetery of Douaumont Ossuary at Verdun. VS The Night Watch ceremony at the cemetery attended by de Gaulle. The place is lit by flaming torches. Veterans carry ceremonial torches and bonfires burn. VS The following morning and General de Gaulle arrives for the ceremony standing in an open top car. Mass is said for the dead in the battle of Verdun and the dead of both World Wars watched by vete