HOUSE OF WINDSOR reel 1 aka HOUSE OF WINDSOR ROLL 1

House Of Windsor Reel 1 AKA House Of Windsor… 1937

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Reel 1. Commentary written by Commander Stephen King-Hall R.N. (Ret'd.) Produced by Frederick Watts. Assistant - Charles R. Martin. Recordist - George Newberry. Commentator - Roy de Groot. Musical Accompaniment by the Pathe Symphony Orchestra under the direction of M. de Wolfe. Official War Photographs reproduced by permission of the Imperial War Museum.

Tower of London. Various views. Changing of the Guards. Jubilee celebrations of 1935. King George V and Queen Mary in royal carriage drive to St Paul's Cathedral. Crowds line the streets. The King and Queen enter the Cathedral. Still photograph of the couple. Gates of Buckingham Palace. Royal family on the balcony. Crowds wave. King George radio speech over images of radio masts, and means of communication - montage. BBC Broadcasting House. Snow scenes, desert, seascape. Notices of the death of King George are posted on railings of Buckingham Palace. Funeral. King Edward VIII and funeral procession. Gates of Sandringham. Royal Naval College at Dartmouth - men stand to attention. Men shovelling coal into a furnace.

Duke of York (later King George VI) with his father inspecting a fleet at Scapa Flow. His naval history is described. Boats on the high seas. Battle of Jutland. HMS Collingwood. Ships fire torpedoes and salvos. Conflict at sea. Royal Naval Air Service. King George V and his two sons visit troops. King unveils a memorial for the battle of Jutland at Portsmouth. Montage of material featuring the Duke of York. Leaving church. George Robey at a fete. Honorary degrees being awarded at Cambridge to Lloyd George, Bonar Law, Sir Austen Chamberlain and Lord Beatty are seen. 1923 - Duke of York proposes to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyons. Home of her parents (Glamis Castle) - Lord and Lady Strathmore and the parents themselves shaking hands with people.

Royal wedding - couple being taken to Westminster Abbey in royal carriage. Procession of choirboys. Crowds wave. Couple arrive on the balcony. Queen Mary joins them. The royal couple are driven off. Public engagements. With Baden Powell and boy scouts, unveiling Five Sisters window at York Minster. Caledonian Festival at Bushey. Scottish country dancing. Children are presented with prizes by the Queen.

Note: see separate records for reels 2,3 and 4.

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royalty Commander Stephen King-Hall Frederick Watts Charles R. Martin George Newberry Roy de Groot musicians M. de Wolfe Imperial War Museum Tower of London landmarks Changing of the Guards Jubilees King George V Queen Mary carriages St Paul's Cathedral religious buildings historical Buckingham Palaces radio communications Broadcasting House BBC snow deserts seascapes funerals King Edward VIII Sandringham Royal Naval College Dartmouth navy work foundries Duke of York King George VI Scapa Flow boats Jutland combat HMS Collingwood manoeuvres military Royal Naval Air Service memorials World War one Portsmouth religious buildings George Robey fetes universities Cambridge Lloyd George Bonar Law Sir Austen Chamberlain Lord Beatty personalities politicians Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyons Glamis Castles Lord Strathmore visits royalty King George V Queen Mary historical Duke of York King George VI Queen Elizabeth weddings Westminster Abbey religious buildings carriages choirboys Baden Powell boy scouts Five Sisters stained glass York Minster Caledonian Festivals Bushey Scottish country dancing traditional lifeboats Montreaux Captain Scott ships Discovery Festival of Empire Hyde Park veterans Kings College universities Duke of Connaught Archbishop of Canterbury communications horse riding Inver police Court Seaman's Hospitals nurses St Mary's Hospital Mr and Mrs Stanley Baldwin Olympia Princess Mansion House charity St James' Palace garden parties children Stranraer Scotland Southampton Lincoln Cathedral religious buildings clergymen Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Sergeant Horfer wounded visits autographs bishops

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Cataloguer:: Jenny
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Sound
Media URN:: 70573
Sort Number:: DOCS

Time in/Out:: 01:11:04:00 / 01:20:54:00
Canister:: DOCS
Film ID:: 1367.02
Issue Date:: 1937

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WorkSpaces: royal royal visits of Edward VIII House Of Windsor 1927 EII George VI et famille The Kings Speech royal wedding royal Queen ELIZABETH II

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