The Journey from Sandringham

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1184A

Date Released

14 Feb 1952

Date submitted

11 Feb 1952

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Journey From Sandringham. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Straight title on grey background. Stills mixing of the Lying-in-State at St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, game-keepers on guard. GV Cortege leaves estate, along avenue of people. Cortege into camera, People look on in silence. Duke of Edinburgh & Duke of Gloucester walk behind. Onlookers take off hats. Game-keepers pass in procession. Entering Wolferton Station, coffin carried towards train. Locomotive pulls out of station. Royal train passing, panning on carriage bearing coffin. En route to Wolferton Station, are cut-ins of royal car with Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, & Princess Margaret heavily veiled. At King’s Cross Station, above royalty stand on platform, Grenadier Guards carry coffin bearing Crown on top out of station. Elevated GV cortege leaving King’s Cross. Elevated GV cortege down Kingsway, with crowds looking on. Cortege moves along only the sound of the horses hoofs being audible. Round into Aldwych. Out of Strand rounding into Whitehall. Ground & elevated shot passing Cenotaph. Cut-in Big Ben, 8 minutes past 4. Cortege turns into Palace Yard. Coffin lifted off gun-carriage. Mix to stills of lying-in-state in Westminster Hall.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Railways; Death; Ceremonies; Animals; Military; Funerals

Footage sources

Pathe Rota

Card file number

56766

Credits:

Camera: George Richardson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera: Hilton Craig
Camera: James Humphries
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Martin Gray
Camera: Montague G. Benson
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

450

Story extras:

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