Queen At Durbar Aka Royal Durbar (1956)

Kaduna, Nigeria. At Kaduna, capital of Northern Nigeria, thousands of tribesmen welcome the Queen with a Royal Durbar - perhaps the most exotically spectacular event she has yet seen. LV. Nigerian horsemen coming along road and assembling for the Queen’s drive past. SCU. Pan, Nigerian horseman. SV. Pan, more people arriving. SV. Three horsemen waiting for the arrival. SCU. Two horsemen banging drums, & CU. SCU. Group of horsemen. LV. Group of horsemen, some blowing 8 foot long trumpets. SV. Horseman blowing another King of trumpet. GV. Roadway with horsemen lined up on either side with the Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh driving past in sports Rolls Royce. Pan to back view as car drives past. GV. Horsemen following down roadway after Queen has passed. GV. Kaduna Durbar Arena. LV. Nigerian Chief on horse with large sunshade waiting for Queen’s arrival. SCU. Group of Nigerians waiting, another Nigerian Chief in the centre. CU. Nigerian Chief. LV. Another group waiting. CU. A tribal warrior. LV. Roya
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