Royal Children Salute Guards Colours

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1249
Date Released
11 May 1953
Date submitted
7 May 1953
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Children Salute Guards Colours. DESCRIPTION: In the beautiful gardens of Buckingham Palace, the ceremonial parade by Grenadier Guards clearly fascinated Prince Charles and Princess Anne, watching with their grandmother. The occasion was the presentation of new colours to the 1st and 2nd battalions by Her Majesty the Queen. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Buckingham Palace from rear. Ditto showing lake. On balcony Queen Mother, Princes Charles & Princess Anne, several shots of the Grenadier Guards on parade. Cut-in Duke of Edinburgh with Princess Margaret. Queen walks onto parade ground. Marchpast several shots, cut-ins of Prince Charles & Princess Anne saluting as guard march past.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Environment; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Buckingham Palace
Footage sources
Pathe
Rota
Card file number
59009
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Royal Children Salute Guards Colours', British Movietone News Issue No. 1249, 11 May 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18537 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)