Title:HM THE QUEEN AT THE ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA 1956 [Main Title]
Film Number:TV 196
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Summary: BBC television film on dinner in honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II, given by the Army at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea on 27 November 1956.
Description: Film includes scenes of the Royal Hospital and the Chelsea Pensioners. Guests at the dinner included Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princess Anne, the Secretary of State for War, John Hare, Lord Alanbrooke, Lord Montgomery of Alamein, Sir Gerald Templer, Sir John Harding, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, and the Colonels of every regiment and corps in the Army. Includes coverage of speeches by John Hare, on the post-war role of the Army, particularly in Malaya, Kenya, Cyprus and Suez, and praising the part played by National Servicemen and reply by The Queen on the traditions of the Army, and the importance of the regimental system.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:TV 196
Sound:Sound
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Production Date:1956
Production Country: GB
Production Details: BBC (Production sponsor)
BBC (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 6
Footage: 4700 ft (ca); Running time: 52 mins
