On this day in 1952, a new Queen was proclaimed for the UK. Here is the British Movietone report on this momentous event.
Her Majesty arrives home and is proclaimed at St. James’s Palace.
Cut story - GV Windsor Castle. King’s Troop. Royal Horse Artillery pass through Marble Arch. Above firing (RHA) artillery minute guns at Tower of London. GV Tower with guns firing. London Airport, Ministers wait on aerodrome. Lord and Lady Mountbatten arrive, shake hands with Duke of Gloucester. Churchill shakes hands with Gloucester. Churchill and Attlee. All in top hats, and mourning dress. GV Ministers look up at sky. Argonaut taxies to stand still. Gloucesters, Mountbatten and Churchill waiting. GV Gloucester entering plane, Ministers lined up in fore. Queen Elizabeth alights from plane, shakes hands with Churchill and other Ministers. Followed by Duke. Queen and Duke shake hands with air crew. Queen into car, drives away. GV St. James’s Palace. Cut-in crowds. St. James’s Palace, crowds. GV
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