State Opening of Parliament

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

68/89

Date Released

3 Nov 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Testing Caravans
2. 2Festival of Raghunath
3. 3Expo 70 Model
4. 4Pour on Floors
5. 5State Opening of Parliament
6. 6Largest Oil Tanker

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

Her Majesty the Queen set out for Westminster. It was the day of the State Opening of Parliament. The Crown of State, the pageant and, of course, royalty, drew large crowds as the Queen, accompanied by Prince Charles and Princess Anne to the Mother of Parliament.

Keywords

Politics and government; Ceremonies

Locations

London; Buckingham Palace; England; Houses of Parliament

Credits:

Camera

Pat Whitaker

Camera

Stan Goozee

Length of story (in feet)

112

Story extras:

Film clip

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