Princess Mary Wedded to Viscount Lascelles, DSO, at Westminster Abbey

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

549-1

Date Released

2 Mar 1922

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Princess Mary Wedded to Viscount Lascelles, DSO, at Westminster Abbey

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Still ‘Our Princess’! Amid unforgettable scenes of love and loyalty the King’s daughter marries an English nobleman thereby enabling HRH - in her own sweet words - to ‘remain in her native land’." Section of crowd, filmed from above. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Glorious was the day...the bride sets forth with her father from Buckingham Palace". Coach leaves the Palace. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Wonderful Whitehall". Coach passes under Admiralty Arch and down Whitehall. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "At the Abbey". A shot of Westminster Abbey towers. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "Queen Alexandra arrives". Queen’s coach arrives. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "Queen Mary and her sons". Another coach arrives. [7TH SUBTITLE]: "Arrival of the bridegroom". Viscount Lascelles walks up to the entrance followed by guests. [8TH SUBTITLE]: "Princess Mary arrives at the Abbey". Shot of her arrival taken from above, then a shot from street level. [9TH SUBTITLE]: "The ceremony in the Abbey". The scene in the Abbey during the ceremony [still used with camera movement]. [10TH SUBTITLE]: "Man and wife". The couple driving away in their coach. [11TH SUBTITLE]: "A thunderous oration" [sic]. The procession passes through crowded streets into St James’s St. [12TH SUBTITLE]: "The roar of Piccadilly. ‘Shout after shout to greet the bridal pair’". The procession continues. [13TH SUBTITLE]: "'And from the balcony, hearts glowing, they did bow the people gracious thanks’". Princess Mary, Viscount Lascelles, King George V, Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Still photograph of the couple. [14TH SUBTITLE]: "'And kindly thoughts, as myriad as angels’ wings in heaven, go with them’. Princess Mary starts for her honeymoon: King and Princes pelt Bride and Lord Lascelles - with confetti". Guests watch them drive away through the Palace courtyard.

Keywords

Royalty; Aristocracy; Railways; Ceremonies

Credits:

Camera

John Benjamin McDowell

Length of story (in feet)

518

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