Coronation Special 1937 - Reels 1 And 2 (1937)

Item title reads - Pathe Pictures has the honour to present the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. London. L/S of crowds of people waiting outside Buckingham Palace, the camera pans across them to the Victoria memorial statue. The motor car procession of foreign representatives makes its way out of the palace, aerial shot of crowds. M/S as carriage procession of Prime Ministers from India, Burma and the Colonies leaves the palace, including Stanley Baldwin, MacKenzie King, Mr Lyons and Mr Savage. Guards stand to attention as members of the royal family leave in their carriages, first is Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), Princess Margaret and Princess Mary, then Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. M/S of Buckingham Palace with guards riding in front and state coach coming through the gates, very good shot of the ornate coach which holds Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Elizabeth, Duchess of York, soon to be King