Motion Picture MP2014-5
Administrative Information
Home movies taken by E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., during a visit to London around the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 2, 1953.
SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.
SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.
This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.
To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov
Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.
Shot List
00:00 View of decorated streets in downtown London.
Sign “Noel Arms” visible outside building.
Decorative British flags seen.
View of unknown gardens.
Decorations on street, including large crown over banner, probably as part of Elizabeth II’s coronation on June 2, 1953.
British nobility in carriages and limousines entering unknown building. (Not Westminster Abbey.)
Queen Elizabeth in gold horse-drawn coach wearing crown of state (not coronation crown), smiling and waving to crowd.
Military parade.
07:00 View of building ruins, location unknown, probably remaining from World War II.
09:00 END