Her Majesty Opens Parliament

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1274A

Date Released

5 Nov 1953

Date submitted

3 Nov 1953

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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

Story extras:

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