ROYAL: Prices rocket in Coronation seat racket (1937)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Shortage of accomodation in London for visitors arriving for King George VI’s coronation in 1937.? Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Prices rocket in Coronation seat racket ENGLAND: London: EXT General view through arch showing Houses of Parliament Angle shot network of steel bars supporting stands Angle shot boarded statue Men working Swing shot from Houses of Parliament to Westminster Abbey Semi view pan up Westminster Abbey towers from new entrance Pencil pointing at picture of finished doorway Shot of stands in Hyde Park Long view stands obscuring Hotels in Park Lane Newspaper headline reading ’Visitors for Coronation threaten to swamp London’ General view of Dorchester Hotel INT Mr. Hugh Wontner (Secretary of the Coronation Committee) interview SOT EXT General view of suburban houses Woman beating carpet Polishing letter