Queen Opens Parliament
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- Pathe News
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- 1 / 5
- Summary
- All the traditonal ceremony cancelled because of the rail strike, the Queen drives to Westminster by car to open the new Parliament. On the same day, her children make their first journey by air.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Ceremonies
- Locations
- London
- Footage sources
- Library
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Cedric Baynes
- Camera
- Norman William Roper
- Camera
- Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon
- Camera
- William Jordan
- Length of story (in feet)
- 161
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'Queen Opens Parliament', Pathe News Issue No. 55/47, 13 Jun 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/106496 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)