This is a film of the commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of the Battle of Britain in Beverley.  It includes a procession of service personnel through the town and a service at St Mary’s Church. Title – Beverley commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Britain Intertitle – Members of the Armed Services and Civil Defence Services attend a special service at St Mary’s Church, Beverley, Sunday, September 26th, 1943. The film begins with a services procession led by a brass band past the...

This is a film of the commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of the Battle of Britain in Beverley.  It includes a procession of service personnel through the town and a service at St Mary’s Church. Title – Beverley commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Britain Intertitle – Members of the Armed Services and Civil Defence Services attend a special service at St Mary’s Church, Beverley, Sunday, September 26th, 1943. The film begins with a services procession led by a brass band past the Queen’s Head Hotel and H H Rudd, Pork Butchers, with women and children watching from the pavement.  These are followed by the RAF, the Women’s Royal Army Corps, the Air Training Corps, the Fire Brigade, the Women’s Auxiliary Fire Service, the police, the Home Guard, and several groups of the Civil Defence. The procession then marches past Beverley Market Cross, where the Lord Mayor stands saluting.  The band plays in the Market Square, in front of Acklam Taylor Outfitters.  The next scene is at St Mary’s Church where members of the procession are making their way in.  Some of the service has been filmed from inside the church.  Following the service, the procession marches along North Bar before dispersing. Debenham's and Co.