Learning on ScreenThe Royal Wedding
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- Newsreel history is made by graphic film report of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. Half a million people line route to cheer royal processions to and from Abbey. Scenes filmed in the Abbey give cinema audiences finer view of pageantry than was obtained by most of the congregation. This, this truly great newsreel, ends with pictures taken in Buckingham Palace of royal party and the radiant bride, and bridegroom [sic punctuation].
- Keywords
- Royalty; Buildings and structures; Social events; Marriages; Newsreels
- Footage sources
- British Movietone News
British Pathe
- Library number
- 16618
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- Arthur W. Farmer
- Camera
- Edward Henry Hawkins
- Camera
- Kenneth Higgins
- Camera
- Len W. Dudley
- Camera
- Richard Harris
- Camera
- Ronald L. Read
- Camera
- Stan Goozee
- Length of story (in feet)
- 943
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Production Documents
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
- info@screenocean.com
- Web
- http://reuters.screenocean.com/
- Phone
- +44(0)1954 262052
- Address
- 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
- Series held
- View all series held by Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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