Bride for Otto

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1145A

Date Released

17 May 1951

Date submitted

15 May 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Walker Cup Stays Put
2. 2King with the British Legion
3. 3By Air to Balmoral
4. 4Bride for Otto
5. 5Smith off Again
6. 6All the Fun of the Fair
7. *Workington’s First Rugby League Trophy

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bride for Otto. Wedding of Archduke Otto of Hapsburg. DESCRIPTION: At the Chapel of the Rope-makers in Nancy, Archduke Otto has married Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. He is the 38-year-old claimant to the Austro-Hungarian throne; his bride, a 25-year-old German Princess. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS crowds with brides & groom. Crowd shot, guests. CU Otto of Hapsburg. CU Bride - Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. Ex-Empress Zita in procession to church. Various shots of the royal couple, with crowds around them. Photographers & press surge round them. Procession making its way to the church. Starts off with the blessing (catholic fashion). Exterior shots of procession finishing on GV of the procession passing through cheering crowds.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Marriages; Religion and belief

Locations

Nancy

Footage sources

France

Card file number

55468

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

92

Story extras:

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