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Series
- Series Name
- Topical Budget
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- [1ST SUBTITLE]: "Duke of York at great farewell to Wembley Exhibition." Pan shot of the crowded stadium and bands of the Brigade of Guards. Duke of York enters the arena with two men. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Colours of the Empire". Duke of York inspects the Colours and the men. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Reading the King’s message". Duke stands reading in the royal box with the Duchess on his left. Panning long shot of the arena showing detachments of cavalry, navy men and army men on parade. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Prayer". Close shot of Duke and Duchess during prayer and shot of the crowd. Close shot of six cavalry buglers.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Entertainment and leisure; Military
- Length of story (in feet)
- 78
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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