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Location Unknown / Unclear. Poss. Buckingham Palace, 22nd June 1945 British naval officer Lieutenant Commander Stephen Beattie VC standing in front of a building, smoking. Several British soldiers around Canadian Fred Tilston in wheelchair showing them his Victoria Cross medal (for action in Hochwald, Germany). Male nurse wheels him to a car. More shots of the British officers talking and smoking in front of a hospital. Cut back to close up shot of Tilston in wheelchair - he has no legs - as he talks to camera - no sound. Men says goodbye and shakes hands with several men and is helped to car. Tilston in front of open car. Group of officers and soldiers, including the invalid, posing for photographs. More shots of the men chatting in front of hospital. Men featured: Lance Corporal Harry Nicholls VC, of the Grenadier Guards Lieutenant Donald Cameron VC, of the Royal Naval Reserve Lieutenant Basil Charles Godfrey Place VC, of the Royal Navy FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHA
