| THE LAST JOURNEY - FUNERAL OF KING GEORGE VI | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5731 | |
| Catalog #: | 6762 | |
| Clip Number: | 6762-2 | |
| Orginal Film: | 52/15 | |
| Timecode: | 01:35:13 - 01:38:41 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1952 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Royal, King George VI LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Funeral ROYALTY: British | |
| Description: | GV. Guard of Honor in Palace Yard, pan to coffin being carried from Westminster Hall by Grenadier Guard Pallbearers. SV. SCU. Pallbearers placing coffin on gun carriage - Crown, Sceptre and Orb on coffin. MV. Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in deep mourning, walking from Hall and into carriage, and past Lord Louis Mountbatten, etc. LV. Gun carriage being drawn by naval ratings through gates of Palace Yard. SCU. Pan, coffin past. GTV. Cortege moving towards Whitehall past Houses of Parliament. LV. Queen's coach driving out of the gates. SV. Pan, four Royal Dukes, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Windsor (formerly Prince of Wales, King Edward VIII), Kent walking behind the Queen's carriage. SV. Cenotaph. LV. Elevated, foreign representatives saluting as they pass Cenotaph. GV. Procession making way up Whitehall. SV. Statues on Guards Memorial. LV. Towards, Guards marching across Horseguards Parade, with arms reversed. LV . Crowd. LV. Towards, coffin being pulled across Horseguards. Sailors turn corner. SV. MV. Pan, gun carriage starts to turn corner. SV. Sailors lining route with arms reversed and heads bowed. SV. Towards, Queen's carriage turning from Horseguards followed by and pan with Dukes of Windsor, Edinburgh (Prince Philip), Gloucester and Kent. pan back to Kings Frederik of Denmark, Paul of Greece and Gustav Adolf of Sweden, and President Auriol of France, and other foreign heads of state including President Ribar of Yugoslavia, King Feisal of Iraq and President Bayar of Turkey. CU. BBC Commentator. | |
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