Selected Originals - Queen In Sierra Leone… 1961

Star Item

Description

Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out takes, rushes) for story "Queen in Sierra Leone" - 61/96.

Full title reads: "Queen in Sierra Leone - Technicolor".

Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Freetown in Sierra Leone.

L/S of Freetown harbour, L/S of the Royal yacht "Britannia"...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
54042
Sort Number:
61/096 A
Time in/Out:
01:53:35:00 / 01:57:37:00
Canister:
61/96 A (Selected Originals)
Film ID:
1742.17
Issue Date:

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
Edward VIII Prince And King (Part 7)

Edward VIII Prince And King (Part 7)

A look back as Prince Edward tours Australia, India and Africa during the 1920s.

With The Prince In Africa (Tinted)

With The Prince In Africa (Tinted)

Footage of Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, as he tours Africa. Yellow tinted.

Sierra Leone Independence

Sierra Leone Independence

Footage of Duke of Kent in Sierra Leone to celebrate Independence.

Queen In Sierra Leone

Queen In Sierra Leone

Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Sierra Leone and receives warm welcome in Freetown.

Queen At British Council Colonial Hostel

Queen At British Council Colonial Hostel

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit British Council Colonial Hostel. London.

Queen In Sierra Leone

Queen In Sierra Leone

Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Sierra Leone and receives warm welcome in Freetown.

Drums For A Queen - Record C - Reel 2

Drums For A Queen - Record C - Reel 2

Documentary film covering the Queen's visit to Ghana and West Africa.

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911