French Royal Wedding

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1442
Date Released
21 Jan 1957
Date submitted
18 Jan 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Helene Wedding. DESCRIPTION: Princess Helene, with her father, the Comte de Paris, pretender to the throne of France, arrived at Dreux, in Normandy for her wedding. She married Count Evrard de Limbourg-Stirum, of Belgium. SHOTLIST: TPS of Princess Helene with her father the Comte de Paris walking to the church. CU Count Evrard de Limbourg-Stirum, of Belgium. Crowds outside church. Princess arrives at altar. MCU page boys and bridesmaids. CU Princess. CU Count. Princess turns to father. Count holding Princess’ hand. CU priest. Count putting ring on Princess’ finger. Congregation. Count and Princess out of church.
Keywords
Royalty; Social events; Marriages
Locations
Normandy; Dreux
Footage sources
France
Card file number
69503
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:
Film clip

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'French Royal Wedding', British Movietone News Issue No. 1442, 21 Jan 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21443 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)