The Royal Wedding

Series

Series Name: Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

609-2

Date Released

30 Apr 1923

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "HRH THE DUKE OF YORK, the King’s Second Son; MARRIED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY TO LADY ELIZABETH BOWES-LYON, Youngest Daughter of the Earl of Strathmore. "The Duke leaves the Palace"." Coach and cavalry entourage leaving entrance to Buckingham Palace. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Lady Elizabeth leaves her modest home in Bruton St. to become the fourth lady in the land". Lady Elizabeth, in wedding dress, steps out of house and into waiting carriage. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Arrivals at the Abbey". Shot, taken from high up, of carriages arriving outside Westminster Abbey, with cheering crowds. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "In The Abbey". Still photograph of the couple at the altar - camera pans downwards, then left. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "Married". MS Bridal coach leaving the Abbey entrance. MCS of coach as it passes by camera, including brief close shot of the couple inside. LS from high position as coach slowly leaves the Abbey area, with cheering crowds. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "The return to the Palace". Two shots from high position of the coach on its journey, being cheered by crowds. [7TH SUBTITLE]: "Across the Horse Guards’". Another shot from a high position of procession passing down Horse Guards’ Parade. Closer shot of this. Another such shot of the coach with King George V and Queen Mary passing by. [8TH SUBTITLE]: "St James’ St.". View down at procession coming down St James’ St, with cheering crowds on either side. [9TH SUBTITLE]: "Piccadilly". HA view down as coach comes down Piccadilly, crowds cheering from the windows and either side of the street. Closer shot of coach at Hyde Park Corner, with people behind the main body of the crowd running ahead to get a second look. MS at ground level as the bridal coach passes through the gates of Buckingham Palace. MLS the couple with King George V, Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra on the palace balcony. HA panning shot of the vast crowd outside the palace. Much closer shot of the couple, with Queen Mary, on the balcony. [10TH SUBTITLE]: "Thanking their multitude of friends". Shot from same position of the couple looking out from the palace balcony.

Keywords

Royalty; Social events

Credits:

Camera: Albert Henry Bloomfield
Camera: Bert Ford
Camera: E. William Bool
Camera: Edward T. Grant
Camera: Frank Danvers Yates
Camera: Frank W. Purnell
Camera: Frederick Oscar Bovill
Camera: George Woods-Taylor
Camera: Harold G. Jones
Camera: I. Roseman
Camera: James J. Taylor
Camera: John Hutchins
Camera: Montague G. Benson
Camera: Montague Redknapp
Camera: Norton Gardner
Camera: P. Dennis
Camera: Patrick Tobin
Camera: Stanley Rodwell
Camera: Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

310

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