News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

866

Date Released

15 Jun 1939

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Their Majesties in America

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

First pictures flown across Atlantic show Washington’s tumultuous reception of King and Queen. Niagara Falls Mr Cordell Hull, US Secretary of State, welcomes King and Queen on behalf of government. Washington Six hundred thousand people line streets of American capital as His Majesty drives with President Roosevelt from station to White House. Queen Elizabeth follows in the company of the President’s wife. British Embassy Sir Ronald Lindsay, Ambassador, assembles fifteen-hundred privileged people to meet King and Queen at garden party. Intimate pictures show Their Majesties mingling with informal throng. These pictures depict a meeting of epoch making importance for Anglo-American relations, showing the first visit of an English monarch to the sister democracy of America.

Local distribution only

British Paramount News Special (mix to)

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Social events; Newsreels

Locations

New York; Washington; United States of America; Niagara Falls; District of Columbia

Library number

8610

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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