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EDINBURGH - LORD & LADY MOUNTBATTEN HONOURED
After they had both received honorary doctorates of Law of the University of Edinburgh, Lord and Lady Mountbatten were given the freedom of the City in the Usher Hall. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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HOTEL ROUNDABOUT
It is Britain's first circular hotel, the nine hundred thousand pound Ariel at London Airport. The doors opened automatically, as our cameraman entered to film the scene, when Mr Thorneycroft gave the hotel it's official send-off. A...
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NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT
French Deputies and Senators, after twelve unsuccessful attempts elected Monsieur Rene Coty as the next President of France. Driving from Versailles, he was greeted in Paris by the retiring President, Monsieur Auriol. Disclaimer: British...
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HOUSING TARGET BULL'S-EYE
Mr Harold Macmillan was at Barnet to open what was expected to be the last new house completed in 1953. The Housing Minister himself invited the tenants to take possession of their new house. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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NEW HIGHWAY -
La Guaira, chief port of Venezuela, is now joined to Caracas (the capital) by a fine new highway - an engineering masterpiece officially opened by Colonel Jimenez, the President. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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JEWISH REMEMBRANCE
Contingents of Jewish ex-Servicemen and women attended their annual remembrance service, and paid tribute at the Cenotaph. The parade was inspected by Field Marshal Viscount Slim. The Very Reverend Dr Israel Brodie, the Chief Rabbi,...
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THE PRINCESS AT MANCHESTER -
Princess Margaret's chief engagement at Manchester was the re-opening of the Royal Exchange. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
Her Majesty the Queen, with the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Gloucester, led the Nation's tribute to the fallen as the Remembrance Day Service in London. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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THE CORONATION
The Procession to and from the Abbey and the Coronation Ceremony. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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EVEREST HEROES AT GARDEN PARTY
In conjunction with the Queen's Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty held an investiture, at which Colonel Sir John Hunt and Sir Edmund Hillary received their Knighthoods. Sherpa Tensing received his George Medal and the other...
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FRANCE CELEBRATES ""PEACE DAY""
In Paris, war veterans and allied representatives took part in the parade to mark the 8th anniversary of V E day. At the same time in Tunis, the flags of allied nations were paraded in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the...
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INAUGURATION OF KING HUSSEIN
In the city of Amman (capital of Jordan) the enthronement of King Hussein was the occasion for national prayers as well as for widespread rejoicing. There was an impressive turn out of troops and parades by desert warriors to mark the...
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KING FEISAL II OF IRAQ
The Duke of Gloucester was in Baghdad as representative of the Queen an the enthronement of King Feisal II of Iraq. The inaugural ceremonies were held in the Parliament House where the oath was administered by Mohamed al-Sadir, President...
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WALKING TOWERS -
In the town of Nola, near Naples, the ceremony of the Walking Towers has once again been held. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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ROYAL SCOTTISH VISIT
Impressive pictures of the ""HONOURS OF SCOTLAND"" presented to Her Majesty in St. Giles' Cathedral. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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MASS GYMNASTS -
In Hamburg, 15,000 take part in this year's German Gymnastic Meeting, which last eight days. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND -
At Dumbarton, crowds waited in the rain to see Her Majesty arrive on her visit to the Castle and to witness the ceremony of the Challenge. Another important engagement on Clydebank concerned the new Royal Yacht. Accompanied by the Duke,...
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QUEEN JULIANA -
At the Hague, Queen Juliana driving in the royal coach, with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, for the opening of Parliament. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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HIGHEST HOTEL -
Germany's loftiest hotel, the Schneefernerhaus, nearly 10,000 feet up on the Zugspitze in the Alps, has been returned to the Bavarian authorities by the Americans. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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THE NEW OLD BAILEY
The war-damaged North-West Corner of the Old Bailey has been restored and the ceremony of re-opening was performed by the Lord Mayor, Sir Leslie Boyce. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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LUXEMBOURG WEDDING
Big crowds collected, of course, to see the arrival of Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium, who was welcomed at the frontier by her bridegroom-to-be, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, on the eve of their wedding. On the day itself, the...
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MONS MEMORIAL UNVEILED
Lord Alexander, himself a veteran of Mons, went to Belgium to unveil the memorial to the men who fell there. King Baudouin of the Belgians attended the ceremony. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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ROYAL LAUNCHING FOR TEV
Princess Margaret recently went to the Walker Naval Yard on the Tyne, to launch the Turbo-Electric vessel ""Maori"", designed for ferry service between Wellington and Lyttelton, New Zealand. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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UNDER THE MERSEY
Breakthrough between Liverpool and Wallasey under the River Mersey. The pilot tunnel of the new underwater link has been completed in just over a year. ® The Second Mersey Tunnel is due to be in service by 1970. Disclaimer: British...