News In A Nutshell (1937)

Item title reads - ’His Majesty’s Guests.’ (News in a Nutshell). A look at the industrial workers who will be present at the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. M/S of Lizzie McCulloch a weaver in Glasgow, she laughs. M/S of Alfred Thomas of Wales stood with wife and little daughter, M/S of them smiling. M/S of Doris Griffiths of Birmingham. M/S of Leslie Pollard, a pit boy, walking along covered in coal dust. M/S after he has had a bath, he shakes hands with the colliery manager. C/U of his face. Intertitle - ’London’ - M/S of soldiers walking along at Wellington barracks wearing new uniforms for the Coronation. M/S as the camera pans across them, we see Scots Greys, West Yorks, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Seaforths, and King’s Royal Rifles. M/S of people watching them through railings at the barracks. Various shots of the soldiers. M/S of Australian soldier looking at them. Intertitle - ’Portland’ (Dorset) - L/S of “English Trader“ in the sea, M/S of its lifeboat. M/S showing its b