THE JOURNEY FROM SANDRINGHAM

(14 Feb 1952)

Cut story - Straight title on grey background. Stills mixing of the Lying-in-State at St. Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, game-keepers on guard. GV Cortege leaves estate, along avenue of people. Cortege into camera, People look on in silence. Duke of Edinburgh & Duke of Gloucester walk behind. Onlookers take off hats. Game-keepers pass in procession. Entering Wolferton Station, coffin carried towards train. Locomotive pulls out of station. Royal train passing, panning on carriage bearing coffin. En route to Wolferton Station, are cut-ins of royal car with Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, & Princess Margaret heavily veiled. At King's Cross Station, above royalty stand on platform, Grenadier Guards carry coffin bearing Crown on top out of station. Elevated GV cortege leaving King's Cross. Elevated GV cortege down Kingsway, with crowds looking on. Cortege moves along only the sound of the horses hoofs being audible. Round into Aldwych. Out of Strand rounding into Whitehall. Ground & elevated shot passing Cenotaph. Cut-in Big Ben, 8 minutes past 4. Cortege turns into Palace Yard. Coffin lifted off gun-carriage. Mix to stills of lying-in-state in Westminster Hall. SEE STORY NUMBER 56766/2, 56766/3 FOR CUTS

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