Royal Tour

These archived newsreels and rare colour videos from British Pathe focus on the Queens Commonwealth Tour in 1953 and 1954, as well as other important overseas trips and state visits to Commonwealth realms. Amongst these wonderful films we see the Queen with President Nkrumah in Ghana, with the Maharaja on her official tour of India and Pakistan, attending a sailing regatta in New Zealand, watching a surf festival on Bondi Beach in Australia and visiting the famous Sydney Opera House. Pathe News followed Her Majesty around the world, filming her diplomatic efforts, exotic excursions and jubilatory receptions across the globe. Whilst the Queen conducted her Commonwealth tour, British audiences eagerly awaited Pathes cinema newsreels, excited to see their new monarch and follow her on her state duties around the world.

Royal Tour: Farewell New Zealand (1963)

The Queen and Prince Philip leave New Zealand and begin their tour of Australia. Colour.

Selected Originals - Queen In India AKA Queen In Lahore - 61/14 (1961)

Material relating to newsreel story "Queen in Lahore" - 61/14.

Queen In New Zealand (1954)

Royal tour to New Zealand of 1954.

Queen Tours By Train (1954)

Various shots of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their tour of New Zealand.

Princess In Kenya AKA Royal Tour Of E. Africa, Australia And New Zealand And Royal Visit To Kenya (1952)

Various footage of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh being welcomed in Kenya.

Queen Goes To Ghana (1961)

Despite recent bombings in Accra Queen Elizabeth II leaves for her trip to Ghana.

Royal Tour Triumphal Progress AKA Royal Tour Of Australasia (1963)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip continue their Australian tour.

Welcome The Queen! Reel 1 (1954)

Travelogue style documentary showing the Royal Tour of the Commonwealth in 1954

Queen Goes To Ghana (1961)

Duncan Sandys visits Ghana in wake of royal tour + Queen's departure from London airport.

New Zealand Greets Queen AKA Royal Tour Of Australasia (1963)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip start their tour of New Zealand.

From India To Pakistan (1961)

Footage of the Queen's visit to Karachi in Pakistan.

Royal Tour Latest (1954)

Queen and Prince Philip attend a great display by thousands of schoolchildren in Melbourne.

Royal Tour Latest (1954)

The Queen and Prince Philip attend State Ball held at Parliament House in Canberra.

Queen In Christchurch (1954)

Royal Tour of New Zealand continues.

Queen In Northern Territory AKA Royal Tour Of Australasia (1963)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip continue their Australian tour.

Royal Tour Report - Children's Display (1954)

Queen greeted by thousands of children in Sydney.

Royal Tour Report - Bondi Beach (1954)

Queen and Duke of Edinburgh attend surf carnival at Bondy Beach.

Queen's Tour Continues (1954)

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit the Waitomo Caves in New Zealand.

Royal Tour Of Sydney - Colour (1963)

Royal tour of Sydney in colour.

Royal Tour - Aur Revoir New Zealand (1954)

The Queen and Prince Philip leave New Zealand - next stop is Australia.

Queen's Tour Continues (1954)

Queen Elizabeth visits Hamilton and Rotorua.

Queen In Lahore (1961)

Footage of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in Lahore. Pakistan.