The Coronation Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
53/41
Date Released
3 Jun 1953
Date covered
2 Jun 1953
Length of issue (in feet)
676
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
In bringing to millions all the splendour of this momentous event Pathe News is indebted to the following: The Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk; Minister of Works, Mr David Eccles; The Coronation Orchestra and Choir; The Royal Military School of Music. "Fanfare for Heroes" used by kind permission of the Musicians Benevolent Fund, London. Her Majesty’s Coronation, the most spectacular and moving celebration of our times, is brought to the screen in all its magnificence by Pathe News cameramen all along the route and within the Abbey itself
Keywords
Royalty; Ceremonies
Locations
London
Footage sources
Library
Rota
Credits:
Soundman
Adolph Simon
Camera
Cedric Baynes
Camera
Douglas Wolfe
Camera
Dudley Lovell
Soundman
Frank Binney
Camera
George B. Oswald
Camera
George Plowman
Camera
Goodhead
Camera
J.M. Lewis
Camera
John Campbell Gemmell
Camera
John Rudkin
Camera
Kenneth G. Goddard
Camera
L. Wilson
Camera
McCabe
Camera
Norman William Roper
Camera
Phil John Turner
Camera
Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon
Camera
William Jordan
Camera
William McConville
Length of story (in feet)
1694
Story extras:
Film clip
Production Documents

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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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'The Coronation Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth', Pathe News Issue No. 53/41, 3 Jun 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/105354 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)