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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

449A

Date Released

13 Jan 1938

Date submitted

10 Jan 1938

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Round the World with Movietone: Peaceful London
• 2. Round the World with Movietone: The Cambridge crew in Training
• 3. Round the World with Movietone: Red Cross supplies for China
• 4. Round the World with Movietone: Finding the lady - selecting Miss France
• 5. Round the World with Movietone: Breaking the ice
• 6. Round the World with Movietone: Struggle for Teruel
• 7. Round the World with Movietone: Smoothing the Cop
• 8. Round the World with Movietone: The Royal Wedding
• 9. Round the World with Movietone: Crown Prince Michael of Romania inspects troops in Greece, Prince & Princess Nicholas of Romania skiing in Kitzbuhel
• 10. Round the World with Movietone: King Peter of Jugo-slavia
• 11. Round the World with Movietone: US liner aground
• 12. Round the World with Movietone: President Roosevelt Address Congress
• 13. Round the World with Movietone: Two-man Tank
• 14. Round the World with Movietone: Flowers in Season
• 15. Round the World with Movietone: Sun Valley, Idaho - Bathers and snow
• 16. Round the World with Movietone: US Marines arrive in Shanghai
• 17. Round the World with Movietone: Nanking’s Ordeal
• 18. Round the World with Movietone: Joy in little ‘Tokyo’
• 19. Round the World with Movietone: The Rice Queue in Shanghai

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 19

Section Title

Round the World with Movietone

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Greek Royal Wedding. SHOTLIST: In a special train. Crown Prince Paul of Greece and members of the wedding party arrive in Athens and are heartily welcomed. George II of Greece and Duke Ernst August of Braunschweig (Father of the bride) review the honour formation. Amongst the guests are the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Crown Prince Michael of Rumania. Panorama shot of Athens with the Acropolis in the background. Orthodox Catholic Clergy enter Cathedral for Ceremony and wedding party begins to arrive: the bride Princess Frederika Luise of Brunswick, led by her father arrive in a gold carriage. The next carriage contains King George II of Greece escorting the mother of the bride, Duchess Victoria Luise of Brunswick. After the ceremony the bridal couple enter the golden carriage and the wedding party drives through the crowded streets of Athens, wildly acclaimed. In the garden of the castle, semi and close-ups of the wedding party. Group shot.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Railways; Marriages; Religion and belief

Locations

Greece

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

32276

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Commentator

Carl Bernard

Commentator

Enid Lowe

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

67

Story extras:

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