1931’s First Big Society Wedding (1931)

Full title reads: “London. 1931’s First Big Society Wedding. Big crowds brave cold and damp to get glimpse of Miss Joan Verney and Hon G Hamilton Russell at St. Margaret’s, Westminster.“ St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London. The happy couple come out of Church. Their way is lined by guardsmen in bearskins / hats. The couple are followed by a host of bridesmaids. Dark shots as photographers get pictures of the couple. A large crowd have come out to see them. Intertitle reads: “Lord Lascelles - the King’s Grandson - made his first public appearance.“ Presumably one of the several pageboys we see is Lord George Henry Hubert Harewood, Earl of Lascelles. He is the son of the Princess Royal. Shots of wedding guests. 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 re
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