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Her Majesty Opens Parliament

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1274A
Date Released
5 Nov 1953
Date submitted
3 Nov 1953
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Tank Display
  2. 2All Blacks in Action
  3. 3News from Home & Abroad: Guy Fawkes Day
  4. 4News from Home & Abroad: Atom Sphere
  5. 5News from Home & Abroad: Israel Border Trouble
  6. 6News from Home & Abroad: Peron Rally
  7. 7King and Queen of Greece in USA
  8. 8Her Majesty Opens Parliament
  9. *Lifeboatmen Laid to Rest
  10. *Colours for Red Berets

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Her Majesty Opens Parliament. DESCRIPTION: From Buckingham Palace, the Queen and the Duke drove in the Irish State Coach to the Palace of Westminster. Thousands lined the route as Her Majesty drove to open the new session. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Houses of Parliament. Ditto seen from Parliament Square. Household Cavalry march by. Law Lords arrive and enter. Yeomen of Guard parade march into Parliament. Royal Regalia arrives. SCU carried in. Queen & Duke drive out of palace. Cut-in Prince Charles and Princess Anne watching from window. CU coach, Queen inside. LS procession down Mall from back of crowds. CU coach. Elevated view along ranks of Guards at attention at Parliament. Coach past camera into Houses of Parliament.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
London
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
60044
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
161
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