Wedding Day for Two Brides

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1186

Date Released

25 Feb 1952

Date submitted

22 Feb 1952

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wedding Day for Two Brides. DESCRIPTION: Miss Jennifer Bevan’s marriage to Mr John Lowther, at St Michael’s, Chester Square, drew many Londoners, in spite of the simplicity of the wedding, which had been postponed owing to the death of the King. The scene at Caxton Hall provided a great contrast, where vast crowds had collected to see Elizabeth Taylor (now Mrs Wilding) come out with her husband. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowds surge forward. At St Michael’s. Chester Square, small crowd outside, arrival of small bridesmaids & pages. Miss Jennifer Bevan arrives with her father, enter church. Leaving church bride & groom, can hardly seen the groom. At Caxton Hall, large crowds outside, surge forward as cars arrive. Police try to cope with crowds. Michael Wilding & Elizabeth Taylor out of Hall, SCU of them, making their way to their car. Car drives through large crowd.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Marriages; Performing arts

Locations

Caxton Hall; Chester Square

Card file number

56794

Credits:

Camera: George Richardson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

110

Story extras:

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