MS. Philip and Elizabeth being greeted on arrival at Wakefield. SCU. Princess Elizabeth with the Lord Mayor of Wakefield. MS waving children in crowd MS. Princess and Duke being greeted on arrival. MS. Pan from...
MS. Philip and Elizabeth being greeted on arrival at Wakefield. SCU. Princess Elizabeth with the Lord Mayor of Wakefield. MS waving children in crowd MS. Princess and Duke being greeted on arrival. MS. Pan from waving crowds to Princess and Duke walking through street to Town Hall. MS. They are received by Mayor etc., at Town Hall. SCU The Earl of Harewood and the Princess Royal LS. The Princess, Duke and Mayor and Mayoress on balcony of Town Hall. MS. Elizabeth on balcony. Crowds below. LS. The party on the balcony. MS. The Princess and the Mayor leaving the Town Hall. MS. The Princess getting into car. Philip shakes hands with woman and follows. SCU. Princess and Duke drive off in car with back part of roof down. LMS Royal car arriving outside Wakefield County Hall. LMS Police keeping back crowds, pan to Royal party at entrance of County Hall. MS. Elizabeth shaking hands with worker in a mill at Huddersfield. MS Philip chatting to mill workers. MS. SCU. Elizabeth inspecting cloth which girls are working on. SCU. Philip chatting to woman working on cloth. MS. Elizabeth walking round mill. SCU. CU. Elizabeth chatting to ex-servicemen at Wakefield LS Back view Royal car arriving at Roundhey Park, Leeds. MS. Car containing Elizabeth and Philip driving past in park. MS. Elizabeth and Philip are received by the Mayor. MS. Local dignitaries being presented to the Princess MS. Elizabeth and Mayor mounting platform followed by the Duke and Mayoress. MS. The Princess and Duke seated on platform. MS Miss Joan Anne Thompson, Children's Day Queen, mounts platform and curtsies before presenting bouquet to Elizabeth. LS Elevated massed physical training display MS Elizabeth, Mayor, Mayoress and Philip, followed by the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood leaving platform. LS Pan over schoolgirls lined up for physical training display. The Royals cars driving off past waving people. MS Philip and Elizabeth passing in car. LS Royal cars driving past girls lined up for physical training display. LS Pan over massed crowds. MS School girls who did physical training display waving to Royal car. MS Royal car driving along MS Royal car driving past waving girls.
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