Unissued / Unused Material. Title reads: “American honours awarded to Field Marshal Lord Wavell and General Sir Claude Auchinleck“. Indian News Parade Material. New Delhi, India. Lieutenant General Wheeler meets the British officers. MS Wavell inspecting 49th Gurkha infantry. MS Wavell inspecting US soldiers. Lt Gen Jones (US Army) reads citation from the White House. Good shots of Indian crowd looking on. MS Lt General Wheeler pinning Legion of Merit on Viscount F/M Wavell. Good MS Wavell wearing decoration. MS Lt Gen Wheeler pinning medal on Auchinleck. CU of the medal on breast. Various shots of families of officers after ceremony. 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 collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from th
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