Coronation Preparations

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1238
Date Released
23 Feb 1953
Date submitted
19 Feb 1953
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coronation Preparations - State Coach & Models of the Route - Church House. DESCRIPTION: Postilions, Yeomen of the Guard, Household Cavalry - all familiar figures in the pageantry of Coronation; they, together with the Coronation Coach itself, will be appearing in the form of a model presentation to be shown at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition. At Church House, Westminster, a fascinating model of the Coronation route has proved useful in designing the street decorations - with accent on the Mall, as Mr Eccles (Minister of Works) pointed out. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Coronation (model) state coach. Various close-ups of the state coach, showing tritons, beautiful panels etc. Shots of the Household Cavalry, Yeomen of the Guard, Postilions. Church House, interior. Shots of models of coronation route, Mr Eccles explaining the route, including the Mall CU of the decorations over the Mall, over Eccles speech.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Ceremonies; Military
Card file number
58600
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
Film clip

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