Ex-Servicemen’s Coronation Review

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1257A

Date Released

9 Jul 1953

Date submitted

4 Jul 1953

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ex Service Mens Coronation Rally. DESCRIPTION: Seventy-two thousand ex-service men and women from over three hundred organisations were on parade in Hyde Park for the Coronation Review by Her Majesty the Queen. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV of parade. Queen and Duke arrive walk toward dais. GV of flags dipping during the royal salute. Queen and Duke on dais. Queen fixes her hat. Gets into Land Rover. Drives through ranks of war veterans. Cut ins of types. Queen alights from Rover and talks to veterans. Queen on dais. Addresses gathering. (In Land Rover keeps holding her hat). Marchpast of services. Cut-ins of Queen, Duke and Lord Tedder on dais. Marchpast includes disabled in all kinds of vehicles.

Keywords

Royalty; Organisations; War veterans; Ceremonies; Older people; Military

Locations

Hyde Park

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

59350

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Martin Gray
Camera: Paul Wyand
Camera: Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

251

Story extras:

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