Leicester (1946)

Item title reads - Leicester. Leicestershire. Various shots of huge crowds thronging the streets of Leicester as royal car drives through. C/U as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) pass in the car and wave. Various C/U’s of the King and Queen visiting a factory in Leicester and talking to the workers. Aerial shot of them entering their car and driving away through the crowds. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé