Full title reads: "Brilliant Society Wedding. Brompton Oratory besieged, to see Miss Margaret Whigham - a radiant bride, who had nine beautiful bridesmaids - married to Charles Sweeney [sic]."
Brompton Oratory, Kensington, London.
Large crowds gather as bride and groom walk out from end of covered walkway. MS of couple after their wedding. Crowds part as the couple walk off. Shots of them as they walk towards camera. Photographers move out of the way. The couple climb into their car which moves off through the crowds. Bridesmaid leave the Brompton Oratory and pose for the cameras.
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 23/02/1933
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 6013
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 697.41
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:36:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:57:17:00 / 01:58:53:00
- Canister:
- 33/16
- Sort Number:
- 33/016
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jamied says
The wedding took place on 21 February 1933.
The title card spells the groom's name incorrectly, (it should be Sweeny), and it is therefore wrong in body text and tags. That fact confirmed here, as well as in many other sources.....
www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl
e/obituary-margaret-duchess-of-argyl
l-1487856.html
British Pathé says
I hope he wasn't too disappointed when he saw it!