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10 results found for '"Royal funerals"' in Keywords.
Royal events 1947-1973 (1980)
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- Feature
Documentary on royal events from 1947 to 1973. Includes coverage of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) to Prince Philip (1947); silver wedding anniversary of George VI; silver...
50 years of royal broadcasts (1980)
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- Feature; Special
50 Years of Royal Broadcasts. Looks at the history and image of the Royal family and the way they have used the media. This section contains many archive broadcasts from 1924-1945 including: first ever...
Portrait of a queen - Part 1 (1980)
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- Documentary; Interview; Speech
Portrait Of A Queen. Part one of a two-part documentary (an After Eight special?) about the life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Includes contributions by Royal court correspondent Godfrey Talbot;...
Portrait of a queen (1980)
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- Documentary; Interview; Speech
Portrait Of A Queen. A documentary about the life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Includes contributions by Royal court correspondent Godfrey Talbot; speech by King Edward VIII following his abdication;...
Funeral of Wallis Simpson (1986)
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- Interview; News report
Dickie Arbiter reports back to the studio on the funeral of the Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Simpson) who died on 24/04/86. He describes events earlier today and speculates on reconciliation with the Royal...
Row over attending Hirohito funeral (1989)
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- Interview; News report
Oni Bhattacharya reports on a diplomatic row over Britain sending representatives to the state funeral of Emperor Hirohito because of Japan’s treatment of allied POWs in the Second World War. Includes...
Geoffrey Howe defends Hirohito funeral attendance decision (1989)
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- Interview; News report
Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe defends Britain’s decision to be represented at the funeral of Japan’s Emperor Hirohito by himself and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He says the atrocities of the...
Funeral of Emperor Hirohito (1989)
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- News report
Gareth Furby reports from Tokyo on the funeral of Japan’s Emperor Hirohito and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s participation in the funeral, including his refusal to bow to the coffin. Chanting heard...
Funeral of Emperor Hirohito (1989)
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- News report
Gareth Furby reports from Tokyo on the funeral of Japan’s Emperor Hirohito. Describes the service and those attending and Prince Philip’s refusal to bow to the coffin in respect to the war veterans that...
Hunger strike over Royal attendance of Emperor Hirohito funeral (1989)
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- Interview
70 year-old war veteran Andy Burgess on his hunger strike over Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attending the funeral of Emperor Hirohito in Japan because of Japanese treatment of prisoners of war in the...