Earl of Harewood’s Wedding

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1061

Date Released

3 Oct 1949

Date submitted

3 Oct 1949

Stories in this Issue:

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Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Earl of Harewood’s Wedding. DESCRIPTION: Crowds assembled outside St Mark’s, North Audley Street to see the arrival of the Royal Family and other guests for the wedding of the Earl of Harewood and Miss Marion Stein. SHOTLIST: KS GV St James’s Palace. Crowds in North Audley Street. Children seated on ground. Crowds shot. Miss Stein (bride) leaves her Kensington flat with father. Police holding back large crowds. Crowds. Elevated GV North Audley Street. Bridesmaid Davinia Lloyd arrives. Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. enters church. Mrs Churchill enters. Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh arrive. Bridegroom arrives with Hon Gerald Lascelles, bestman. MS bridesmaids arrive. MS Princess Royal arrives. King & Queen arrive & Princess Margaret. Crowds, some look through looking glasses to see royalty. Bride arrive at church. Princess Margaret was with the King & Queen. Earl & Bride exit St Marks church. Drive off out of camera. Elevated GV of drive off. King, Queen & Princess Margaret depart. Mall crowded, Queen Mary drives into St James’s Palace. Interior group shots of bridal couple & royalty. Interior stills of same. White heather attached to honeymoon car also shoe. CU of two mothers (Countess of Harewood & Mrs Stein). Couple depart amid confetti. Drive out of camera down the Mall.

Keywords

Royalty; Social events; Marriages

Locations

London

Card file number

52602

Credits:

Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera: Graham T. Thompson
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Martin Gray
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

380

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