Belgium the Sunshine Bride

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

794-1

Date Released

11 Nov 1926

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Belgium the Sunshine Bride
2. 2The Prince at Richmond
3. 3'And It All Goes Up in Smoke’
4. 4The Lord Mayor’s Pageant
5. 5Armistice Day
6. *Rugby: Glasgow V Edinburgh

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Princess Astrid and Prince Leopold married in Brussels by the Archbishop of Malines." Bridal carriage arriving at the cathedral. Bride steps out and climbs steps lined by army officers. Bride and groom coming down the steps under an archway of swords. Their open carriage arriving back at palace. Bridal couple and relatives on a balcony. Folk dancing in the square in front of the palace.

Keywords

Royalty; Social events; Marriages

Length of story (in feet)

80

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

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

View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)