Royal Wedding

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1558A
Date Released
16 Apr 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Wedding
  2. 2Title Fight
  3. 3Channel Tunnel Research
  4. 4Lord Montagu Married
  5. 5England V Scotland
  6. *Youth Week

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Wedding. DESCRIPTION: Princess Michiko paid a respectful farewell to her parents, Mr and Mrs Shoda before she drove in a vintage car to the shrine of the Palace where she was married to Crown Prince Akihito. The Princess wore nine separate garments, weighing over fifty pounds. Afterwards, the young couple posed for the cameras. Then, dressed in Western style, the royal couple drove through the capital towards the Emperor’s Palace when the scene was suddenly shattered: a man rushed from the crowds and hurled a stone, trying to climb into the carriage. 19-year-old Nakayama was quickly seized by the police and taken away. The drive continued, and the Crown Prince and his bride paid the traditional call on the Emperor and Empress, who, by ancient custom, had not been present at the wedding. . Brussels now, and the royal family rejoice over the engagement of Prince Albert and Donna Paola Ruffo Di Calabria, the daughter of an Italian Prince. The bridegroom to be is King Baudouin’s brother. SHOTLIST: Bride walking (key). MS Bride meeting party on steps. Closer - same bows to her parents. LS vintage car and procession drive over bridge. Closer - drives into Palace gates. CU blossom on trees. LS Crown Prince Akihito followed by bride - leave shrine. Closer same. MS Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko posing. Closer same. GV Royal drive. Ground level - men on horseback. CU same. Pan MS youth hurls stone and is dragged from the Royal carriage. MS people waving flags. CU pan Royal couple in carriage. GV building. MS Emperor & Empress of Japan - pan to Bride & Groom. Group shot. Slip pan to Belgian Royal family. Photographers. SCU Prince Albert and Fiancée (Donna Paola Ruffo Di Calabria). SC same (2).
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Marriages; Crime
Locations
Belgium; Japan
Footage sources
United States of America
Brussels
Card file number
76899
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
176
Story extras:
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