The Coronation
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- Historic film of most wonderful Royal day in living memory. Through cheering multitudes Her Majesty drives to Westminster Abbey. Paramount records scenes in historic Abbey. Religious and Royal pageantry make Crowning ceremony most memorable of all Coronations. Crowned Queen, Her Majesty emerges from Abbey and drives back to Palace by longer route, acclaimed by millions of loyal subjects. Climax of great day is unforgettable scene outside Buckingham Palace.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Vehicles; Ceremonies; Religion and belief; Newsreels
- Locations
- London; Buckingham Palace
- Footage sources
- British Movietone News
British Pathe
Gaumont British
- Library number
- 21434
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- Alec Tozer
- Camera
- Arthur W. Farmer
- Camera
- Arthur William Kingston
- Camera
- Ben R. Hart
- Camera
- C. Kerkhof
- Camera
- Charles R. Martin
- Camera
- Cliff Somers
- Camera
- David W. Samuelson
- Camera
- Douglas Wolfe
- Camera
- Edward A. Candy
- Camera
- Edward Henry Hawkins
- Camera
- Eric V. Lindeman
- Camera
- Hall
- Camera
- J. Blansjaar
- Camera
- J. D. Shearer
- Camera
- James F. Gemmell
- Camera
- John C. Harding
- Camera
- John Campbell Gemmell
- Camera
- John Rudkin
- Camera
- Len W. Dudley
- Camera
- Montague G. Benson
- Camera
- P. N. Wood
- Camera
- P. Wynn
- Camera
- P.M. Buis
- Camera
- Phil John Turner
- Camera
- Ralph Cathles
- Camera
- Ronald L. Read
- Camera
- Sidney R.G. Bonnett
- Camera
- Stan Crockett
- Camera
- William Jordan
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Production Documents
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
- 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.
- Series held
- View all series held by Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
How to cite this record
'The Coronation', British Paramount News Issue No. 2323, 4 Jun 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/44435 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)