Coronation Rehearsal 1953

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Rehearsal for the Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Mill Bank, London.

The royal carriages move down the mall from Buckingham Palace enroute to Westminster Abbey, massed crowds line either side of the road. We briefly see the Coronation State Coach pass under the Coronation Arches.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
28424
Sort Number:
53/037
Time in/Out:
01:00:16:00 / 01:01:55:00
Canister:
53/37
Film ID:
80.01
Issue Date:
21/05/1953

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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