This cine footage of the coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 was taken from the fourth floor of the fashion store, Jays of Regent Street where my mother had an account!
A comparison to the imminent coronation of her son, King Charles III.
My father filmed the procession on his Bell & Howell cine camera. It rained most of the day.
The streets of London were lined ten deep by the eleven million people who lined the route.
The 4ton gold Stage Carriage was drown by eight Windsor grey horses. The procession was over one and a half miles long and took over three hours to pass.
The quality of the film has deteriorated as it passed from 8mm cine film, video tape, CO, DVD and finally computer file.
Time Stamps
00:00 Intriduction to the Coronation Procession of 1953
00:46 The Day itself
00:58 Conquest of Everest
01:10 Regent Street
01:36 The Rain
02:04 The first horse
02:40 The first bands
02:50 Commonwealth forces
03:14 Jackie Kennedy
03:35 The Mounties
04:52 28000 Commonwealth Troops
06:35 The British Rgeiments
07:04 Drum Majors
07:20 Gun carriage
07:33 Queen Serota of Tonga
07:49 Curious Coronation facts
08:28 The Gold State Coach
08:55 Street Parties roasting oxen
09:31 Foreign Royalty
10:50 The Arrival of the Queen in the Gold State Coach
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17 авг 2024
