Item title reads - Farewell to a Chief. Earl Louis Mountbatten retires from his post as Chief of Defence Staff. London. M/S mass bands marching towards camera. Various shots of Mountbatten coming out of Ministry and standing on steps. M/S Guard of Honour drawn up. C/U and M/S as Mountbatten walks to inspect the Guards, he salutes Commanding Officer. M/S as Mountbatten inspects Naval Guard. M/S as he walks on to inspect the Life Guards. M/S crowd watching. M/S Mountbatten inspecting Air Force Guard. M/S crowd. Various shots as Mountbatten walks over to chat with women on steps of Ministry. C/U Mountbatten. Various shots as Mountbatten shakes hands with man succeeding him, Sir Richard Hull. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical col
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