Title:THE CORONATION OF HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II. PART I [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 4368
Other titles:MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Amateur film shot by Matthew Nathan and edited together with newsreel and other amateur footage, featuring the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Description: "A Walton Film Production (World Copyright Reserved)" "The Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Part I"
Exterior shot of Buckingham Palace and the Queen leaving in the gold ceremonial coach. Shot of Prince Charles and Princess Anne watching from a window. "The Mall" The procession heads up The Mall. "Trafalgar Square" The procession continues. "The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret drive to the Abbey" A shot of a coach. Close-up on the crowd. The gold coach arrives. "Her Majesty's Arrival at Westminster Abbey" A shot of crowds cheering from the spectators' enclosure. The Queen gets out of the coach and enters the abbey. Scenes inside the abbey of the coronation itself. "Elizabeth is crowned queen" The procession makes its way out of the abbey. "Long Live Our Noble Queen" Churchill wearing ceremonial costume leaves the abbey, gives the victory salute and gets into a horse-drawn coach. The Queen comes out wearing crown and carrying orb and sceptre. The Queen gets into the coach. Close-up of the coach departing and going along Whitehall and passed the cenotaph. Shots of troops in the procession. A shot of Prince Charles? in a horse-drawn carriage, followed by the Queen Mother and the Queen herself. The procession passes through Piccadilly Circus. "The Return to Buckingham Palace" The procession enters the palace gates. Large crowds around the Victoria Memorial. The Queen and other the royal family appear on the balcony. Crowds wave and cheer. Aircraft fly over in formation. "The End"
Alternative Title:MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
