Opening of Parliament
Series
- Series Name
- Topical Budget
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- [1ST SUBTITLE]: "The King, accompanied by the Queen, opens Parliament for the first time in State since 1914." [Opening titles missing from film copy] State coach with King George V and Queen Mary leaving Buckingham Palace and arriving at Houses of Parliament for the State Opening of Parliament. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Returning". State coach passing up Whitehall. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "The Prince in the bearskin of the Guards". Prince of Wales in Guards’ uniform entering a state landau.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- John Campbell Gemmell
- Camera
- Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon
- Length of story (in feet)
- 116
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Address
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London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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How to cite this record
'Opening of Parliament', Topical Budget Issue No. 442-1, 12 Feb 1920. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/127541 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)