Round the World with Movietone: The Royal Wedding

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
449A
Date Released
13 Jan 1938
Date submitted
10 Jan 1938
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Round the World with Movietone: Peaceful London
  2. 2Round the World with Movietone: The Cambridge crew in Training
  3. 3Round the World with Movietone: Red Cross supplies for China
  4. 4Round the World with Movietone: Finding the lady - selecting Miss France
  5. 5Round the World with Movietone: Breaking the ice
  6. 6Round the World with Movietone: Struggle for Teruel
  7. 7Round the World with Movietone: Smoothing the Cop
  8. 8Round the World with Movietone: The Royal Wedding
  9. 9Round the World with Movietone: Crown Prince Michael of Romania inspects troops in Greece, Prince & Princess Nicholas of Romania skiing in Kitzbuhel
  10. 10Round the World with Movietone: King Peter of Jugo-slavia
  11. 11Round the World with Movietone: US liner aground
  12. 12Round the World with Movietone: President Roosevelt Address Congress
  13. 13Round the World with Movietone: Two-man Tank
  14. 14Round the World with Movietone: Flowers in Season
  15. 15Round the World with Movietone: Sun Valley, Idaho - Bathers and snow
  16. 16Round the World with Movietone: US Marines arrive in Shanghai
  17. 17Round the World with Movietone: Nanking’s Ordeal
  18. 18Round the World with Movietone: Joy in little ‘Tokyo’
  19. 19Round the World with Movietone: The Rice Queue in Shanghai

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 19
Section Title
Round the World with Movietone
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Greek Royal Wedding. SHOTLIST: In a special train. Crown Prince Paul of Greece and members of the wedding party arrive in Athens and are heartily welcomed. George II of Greece and Duke Ernst August of Braunschweig (Father of the bride) review the honour formation. Amongst the guests are the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Crown Prince Michael of Rumania. Panorama shot of Athens with the Acropolis in the background. Orthodox Catholic Clergy enter Cathedral for Ceremony and wedding party begins to arrive: the bride Princess Frederika Luise of Brunswick, led by her father arrive in a gold carriage. The next carriage contains King George II of Greece escorting the mother of the bride, Duchess Victoria Luise of Brunswick. After the ceremony the bridal couple enter the golden carriage and the wedding party drives through the crowded streets of Athens, wildly acclaimed. In the garden of the castle, semi and close-ups of the wedding party. Group shot.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Railways; Marriages; Religion and belief
Locations
Greece
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
32276
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Carl Bernard
Commentator
Enid Lowe
Commentator
Ivan Scott
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
67
Story extras:
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