British Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon MP; the Indian Minister of Defence and Finance, Shri Arun Jaitley; and Indian Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC were present at a flagship event to commemorate the centenary of the First World War (WW1) held in New Delhi on 30 October. Highlights of the audio visual extravaganza, co-hosted by the United Service Institution of India (USI) and the British High Commission (BHC), were: unveiling of six Victoria Cross (VC) memorials (six VCs were won by Indian soldiers following WW1) * presentation of War Diaries** to senior retired officers representing the Regiments presentation of Digitised War Diaries of the India Corps (that fought in France and Flanders) to India’s Defence Minister The event also saw: unveiling of a Victoria Cross (VC) commemorative bronze plaque *** unveiling of Battlefield guide book by the UK Secretary of State and Director General of USI. (The guide would be useful for those families wishing to visit the France and Flanders Battlefields) unveiling of Coffee table book by the UK Secretary of State and Director General of USI (The book is pictorial overview of India and the Great War, funded in conjunction with USI). A host of dignitaries comprising senior officials from the Indian defence, political and business establishments were present. They included: - Shri Navtej Sarna, Special Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of India - British High Commissioner Sir James Bevan KCMG - Director, United Service Institution of India (USI) Lt Gen PK Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) - Sqn Ldr Rana TS Chhina, Secretary & Editor, Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR), USI - Brigadier Brian McCall, Defence Adviser, British High Commission - Jody East, Curator of Exhibitions, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery - Descendants of the VC winners The Royal Air Force (RAF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) bands were in attendance. The audience had the opportunity to watch some rare original black and white WW1 footage, including that of soldiers from the Indian corps. This was procured from the UK especially for the event. Source:- https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/first-world-war-centenary-commemoration This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com

• published: 06 Nov 2014
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