The City Welcomes the Queen
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: City Welcomes the Queen. DESCRIPTION: The Queen and the Duke drove in State from Buckingham Palace, when they went to the City of London to attend the official welcome of the City at the Mansion House. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of Queen & Duke leaving Palace in Royal procession. Various shots along route. Lord Mayor presents sword of the City to Queen (Bowater). Queen Mother and Princess Margaret arrive at Mansion House. Enter. Queen & Duke arrive. Inspect Guard of Honour Honourable Artillery Company. Lord Mayor makes speech. CU Queen. Shots of Banquet hall. Banquet in progress. Queen makes her speech of thanks. CU Queen. CU Duke. SCU Princess Margaret and Churchill. Queen speaking. CU Archbishop Fisher. Queen sits down. Ovation from guests.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Food and cooking; Ceremonies; Local government; Military; Religion and belief
- Locations
- London
- Footage sources
- Gaumont British News Rota
- Card file number
- 61046
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- George Richardson
- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Peter Brown
- Camera
- Terry O’Brien
- Length of story (in feet)
- 395
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How to cite this record
'The City Welcomes the Queen', British Movietone News Issue No. 1303, 24 May 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19235 (Accessed 28 Feb 2026)