Royal Diary - The Coventry Visit

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1399A
Date Released
29 Mar 1956
Date submitted
24 Mar 1956
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen at Coventry. DESCRIPTION: At Coventry, Her Majesty laid the foundation stone of the new Cathedral. A cross of charred beams recalls the November night of 16 years ago when the lovely fifteenth century Cathedral was destroyed by fire. SHOTLIST: GV Coventry. Old buildings and new buildings. Old Cathedral. SCU Queen and Lord Mayor shake hands. Crowds milling. GV of drive through Coventry. SCU crowd shots in street. LS guard of honour. Old buildings. Queen with Archbishop and Bishop. SCU altar. LS dais. SCU Queen and Duke. Queen taps stone of new Cathedral. High shot ceremony. SCU Archbishop. GV crowds. Singing. SCU Queen and Duke.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland or Cardiff. Long version (234 ft) shown in Birmingham .
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Local government; Religion and belief
Locations
Coventry
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
66399
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Royal Diary - The Coventry Visit', British Movietone News Issue No. 1399A, 29 Mar 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20831 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)