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KING & QUEEN ON HOLIDAY -
The Royal family arrive at Ballater to begin their holiday. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy...
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HER MAJESTY WITH DOMINION STUDENTS
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THE QUEEN WITH HER REGIMENT -
At Tidworth the Queen presents new Colours to the Queen's Bays. 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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ROYAL RHODESIAN TOUR
The Queen was at London Airport to see her mother off on a 6,000-mile flight to Salisbury. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's tour to the Rhodesias and Nyasaland was planned to last three weeks, and perhaps the most notable engagement of...
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THE WEDDING OF HRH PRINCESS MARGARET AND ANTHONY ARMSTRONG-JONES
Our film shows scenes of the Wedding in Westminster Abbey, and the return to Buckingham Palace. Then, Princess Margaret and her husband are seen leaving Buckingham Palace for their honeymoon and boarding the Royal Yacht ""Britannia""...
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KING'S CAMP AT ABERGELDIE -
The Royal family visit the Boys' Camp which had been founded by the King when he was Duke of York. The King, Queen and two Princesses join in the community singing. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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QUEEN MOTHER PRESENTS COLOURS -
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother presents new Colours to the Inns of Court Regiment at a ceremonial parade at Inner Temple. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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TROOPING THE COLOUR
Horse Guards Parade, and people have come to see the ""Trooping the Colour"" ceremony, in celebration of the Queen's birthday. The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, and Princess Anne were there. Her Majesty the Queen, riding the...
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THE OAKS
It was fine weather for Ladies' Day. Her Majesty the Queen was at Epsom again, with members of the Royal Family. The Queen was talking to Lester Piggott, who was riding her filly ""Persian Wheel"". Seventeen fillies set out on the...
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QUEEN MOTHER IN AUSTRALIA
Beginning her tour of Australian State capitals in Queensland, the Queen Mother drove through Brisbane, receiving a huge welcome. At the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds, she went to watch the Bushman's Carnival and Rodeo. Another engagement...
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THE DERBY
The famous Race run on Epsom Downs. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent...
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HIGHLAND GATHERING - DOWN UNDER
While at Dunedin, the Queen Mother was given a typical welcome by some 30,000 New Zealanders at a gathering in Carisbrooke sports ground. A Highland Gathering - Down Under, it was just like Braemar! Her visit to Otago Point, was a very...
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THE QUEEN MOTHER'S TOUR
After a 13,000 mile flight by way of Canada, Her Majesty the Queen Mother reached Auckland to begin a fortnights tour of New Zealand. The Governor General, Lord Cobham, and Mr Walter Nash, the Prime Minister received her Majesty....
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TROOPING THE COLOUR
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret drove to Horse Guards Parade with Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Her Majesty rode to the ceremony accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Gloucester. The Escort to...
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NAIROBI GREETS QUEEN MOTHER
The Queen Mother arrived at the new airport and was greeted by the Governor, Sir Evelyn Baring and his wife, Lady Mary. The King's African Rifles provided the Guard of Honour, the first inspection of a tour planned to last three weeks....
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COURT CIRCULAR
Her Majesty, touring Yorkshire, visited Catterick Camp. And during her inspection she received a smart salute from her cousin, the Duke of Kent. He's a subaltern in the Royal Scots Greys of which she is Colonel-in-Chief. Then to Rhodesia...
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QUEEN MOTHER'S ARRIVAL
To Salisbury - the capital of Southern Rhodesia, where the Queen Mother was welcomed to the Federation by the Acting Governor General. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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QUEEN MOTHER OFF TO AFRICA
London Airport: the Queen was there with Princess Margaret to see their mother off at the start of her journey to East Africa. This BOAC Britannia was to fly the Queen Mother to Nairobi, 4,800 miles away. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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SWEDISH STATE VISIT
It was the Swedish Cruiser ""Tre Kronor"" that brought the King and Queen of Sweden up the Thames to Greenwich. Here, Their Majesties were met by the Duke of Edinburgh who accompanied them along the Thames to Westminster. Her Majesty...
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ROYAL FILM SHOW
The Royal Film Performance took place at the Empire Cinema in London. Among a galaxy of stars present were Alec Guinness, Lauren Bacall, Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim, Ian Carmichael with Maurice Chevalier, Peter Sellers,...
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A CHURCH REBORN
St. Clement Danes, a Wren masterpiece bombed in London raids in 1941, now lives again. Knocking three times with his pastoral staff on the West door, the Bishop of London (Dr Montgomery Campbell) entered for the service. The Duchess of...
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BOUND FOR RHODESIA
Soon after her return from Dunkirk, the Queen Mother was at London Airport, where Princess Margaret, the Duke of Cornwall and Princess Anne were present to bid her farewell. She was off on a visit to the Federation of Rhodesia and...
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HUNT CUP DAY
Royal Hunt Cup Day and a fair weather fashion show. the Queen and members of the Royal family were there, particularly interested in the Bessborough Stakes. Her Majesty's 4 year old ""Agreement"" was favourite, and had set the pace. But...
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GARTER CEREMONY
The procession of Knights Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter made its way from Windsor Castle; the Queen Mother with the Duke of Gloucester, Her Majesty the Queen, Sovereign of the Order, with Prince Philip. Sir Winston...