Coronation Preparations

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

342

Date Released

8 Apr 1937

Length of issue (in feet)

838

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose at Coronation Concert for Children
2. 2Rome Celebrates the Founding of the Italian Air Force
3. 3Mussolini Inspects Planes and Presents Medals to Relatives of Those Killed in Abyssinia
4. 4Roving Camera Reports: Wedding of Miss Jan Ricardo and Captain Ian Maxwell at St James’s, Spanish Place
5. 5Roving Camera Reports: Lord Tweedsmuir Visits President Roosevelt at the White House
6. 6Roving Camera Reports: Amateur Boxing Championships at the Albert Hall
7. 7Roving Camera Reports: General Hayashi, Prime Minister of Japan, Escorted by Bodyguard
8. 8Roving Camera Reports: Oxford and Cambridge Crews Defeat French Boat Race Crews on the Seine
9. 9Roving Camera Reports: Italian Steamer "Luigi Accame" Aground off Isle of Wight
10. 10Roving Camera Reports: Parachute Packers Make Test Descent in America
11. 11Australian Life-Guards Parade on Bondi Beach
12. 12Sydney Agricultural Show and Jumping Display
13. 13Saumur Riding School Give Display at Cannes
14. 14Coronation Preparations
15. 15Coronation Preparations
16. 16Coronation Preparations
17. 17Coronation Preparations
18. 18Coronation Preparations
19. *Hero’s VC Handed to Sherwood Foresters at Derby
20. *Belgium Defeats Holland in Football Match
21. *General Hayashi
22. *Oxford and Cambridge
23. *Baby Camel at Whipsnade Zoo

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

17 / 18

Section Title

Coronation Preparations

Summary

New military uniforms to be worn at Coronation.

Keywords

Royalty; Ceremonies; Fashion and costume; Military

Length of story (in feet)

17

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