Getting Ready

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1611

Date Released

18 Apr 1960

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Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Getting Ready. DESCRIPTION: Busy days in the Royal Mews: preparing the coaches for May the sixty. The Glass Coach is the one Princess Margaret will use on her wedding day. It has already been used at two royal weddings: the Duke of York’s in 1923, and the Duke of Kent’s in 1934. And here is the Princess, with her fiancé, portrait models at Madame Tussaud’s. Mr Bernard Tussaud, seen here adjusting the carnation, is a great-great-grandson of the founder of this famous exhibition. SHOTLIST: GV Royal Mews. MS the Glass Coach being prepared. MS same (2). SCU same. MS same (2). MS coach. Slip pan MS waxworks models of Princess & fiancé. SUC Bernard Tussaud adjusting carnation. CU model of Armstrong Jones. Pan dress. SCU model of Princess Margaret. SCU models.

Keywords

Royalty; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; England

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

79840

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera: Ken Taylor

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