News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1870A

Date Released

8 Apr 1965

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Budget - So Now We Know
• 2. People in Glass Houses
• 3. Building in a Balloon
• 4. The Queen from New York
• 5. Noshing Up - With Your Bird

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen From New York. DESCRIPTION: To the Royal Chapel in Gangtok, Council members bring gifts for their Maharajah, Palden Thondup Namgyal, on the occasion of his coronation. He is the twelfth Chogyal or King of Sikkim - His Queen, his twenty five year old wife, formerly Miss Hope Cooke of New York. SHOTLIST: GV Council members taking gifts to the Royal Chapel. LS the Royal Chapel in the capital. MS Council members entering chapel with gifts. LS the King of Sikkim with Miss Hope Cooke walking to church. TS ditto. MS members of church in chapel during ceremony. GV interior of chapel. MS King of Sikkim. MLS ditto. MS the Queen of Sikkim. MS King putting on his Royal robes after the ritual purification. MLS the Queen of Sikkim. MLS the King sitting on throne with the Queen sitting down beside him. MS the Queen. MS the King puts on his head-dress. MS King on throne. GV King and Queen in chapel.

Keywords

Marriages

Locations

Sikkim; Gangtok

Footage sources

United Press International [UPI]

Card file number

89562

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

122

Story extras:

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