Trooping the Colour (In Colour)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1671A
Date Released
15 Jun 1961
Date submitted
12 Jun 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trooping the Colour. DESCRIPTION: Back to the discipline of peace-time ceremony: the Queen’s birthday parade, one of London’s greatest attractions. The marching and the music of the Massed Bands provided the first highlight of the ceremony. Then, the Colour was handed over for the Trooping. This year, it was the Colour of the Second Battalion Scots Guards. After the traditional trooping, the Guards marched past in salute to the Sovereign: the Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry, the Life Guards and The Blues. All along the Royal route to Buckingham Palace, many thousands have been waiting to see and admire. Over 1,600 officers and men took part in the most inspiring of peace-time parades, a magnificent spectacle, presented by a fighting force that has won imperishable glory all over the world. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV guards on parade. CU crowd. MS Queen goes past on horseback. GV guards saluting. CU Queen salutes. LS band of Grenadiers. CU same. HAS same. CU same. CU Queen. GV handing over colour. GV same. MS guards slow march. GV same. MLS same. MLS same. CU Queen. MLS march past. GV same. CU Queen salutes. CU march past. HAS same. MLS horse guards. GV same ride past. CU same. CU crowd. GV Queen rides off parade. GV procession. GV band in procession. CU horse guards. GV horse guards. GV Queen in procession. MS guards march past. GV same. TS same. MCU guards march past. GV same - Palace. MLS Queen salutes. HAS procession passes Queen.
Keywords
Ceremonies; Military
Locations
London
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
82659
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
305
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Trooping the Colour (In Colour)', British Movietone News Issue No. 1671A, 15 Jun 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24146 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)