The Crowning Year (1953)

THE CROWNING YEAR - REVIEW OF 1953. STV. Queen and Duke arriving at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. LV. Crowded circle. LV. Queen and royal party in box. Sv. Queen standing in box. SV. Eric Bedford explaining decorations in front of Palace to workman. LV. Pan up, people working on coronation route model. Sv. Abbey Annexe model. GV. Aerial: East Coast floods. LV. Flood water half submerging houses. SV. Water halfway up front doors. LV. Partly submerged cars. SV. Queen walking through crowd in flood area. SV. Duke walking past soldiers carrying sand bags. CU. Queen Mary. SV. Marlborough House. ScU. Newspaper headline - Death of Queen Mary. CU. Woman crying. GV. People paying homage in Westminster Hall. SV. Catafalque. Sv. Model of Mall arches. SV. Type resetting crown. GV. First jump of the Grand National. CU. Types. LV. Jockey jumps hedge without horse, he lands on ground. SV. Crowd. LV. Towards winner passing post. LV. Zoom in: Matthews dribbling at cup final, zoom out as he passes to centre, goal scor
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