St Paul’s Thanksgiving Service

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1253A
Date Released
11 Jun 1953
Date submitted
Jun 1953
Date submitted
9 Jun 1953
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Indianapolis Race Crashes
  2. 2Rhodes Centenary Exhibition
  3. 3St Paul’s Thanksgiving Service
  4. 4Royal Opera Gala Visit
  5. *Isle of Man Tt Race

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: St Paul’s Thanksgiving Service. DESCRIPTION: From Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh drove through streets lined with cheering crowds to St Paul’s Cathedral for the solemn service of Coronation Thanksgiving. The Queen was met at St Paul’s by the Lord Mayor of London and inside the Cathedral by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. St Paul’s Cathedral. Queen & Duke drive from Palace. Various shots city decorations. Crowds cheering. Queen arrives at St Paul’s. Lord Mayor, Sir Rupert de la Bere, receives Queen. Walks up steps half way up Queen receives an address from scholar of Bluecoat School. Queen also handed head boy a reply. Interior - Queen Mother & Princess Margaret wait inside Cathedral. Queen & Duke enter greeted by Queen Mother & P Margaret. Queen shakes hands with Dr Fisher. Procession walk through cathedral.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Children; Local government; Religion and belief
Locations
London
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
59223
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
188
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