Coronation 1953

[Warren]

Originally Posted by QE3

I was wondering where can i find the dvd?

You could try 'Coronation DVD' in a google search for starters.

[ladybelline]

Thanks everybody for all the pictures, videos and links.

My father have a videotape from an old documentary about royal ceremonies in Great Britain...I watched it several times, since most of it was about the Coronation day, and in color!!
Here is a (very) short video from Youtube about this day: there is a funny moment with poor little Princess Anne at the end!

[Elspeth]

According to IMDB and Amazon, the 1953 coronation is available as a VHS tape but not as a DVD.

[ysbel]

Hm, I don't know where to put this but since it occured the year of the queen's coronation and is related to the beginning of her reign, I thought it would be interesting to read here.

Did you know that in her first year, Elizabeth II was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year, beating everyone's favorite Dwight Eisenhower?

This was the article that ran in Time Magazine when she was chosen.

TIME Person of the Year: Story Archive Since 1927, Queen Elizabeth II

Time Magazine had an unusually eloquent way of expressing why the Queen was their choice as Person of the Year and why perhaps the Generals who were making the headlines during that time were not.

In many ways, 1952 might be called the Year of the Generals. The entrenched ones, like Stalin and Franco and Mao and Tito, held their familiar sway. Others came to power; in coups d'etat (Egypt's Naguib and Cuba's Batista) or in honest elections (Greece's Papagos and in the U.S., Eisenhower). The generals held the headlines; so much so that, to the hurried reader, the manner of a nation's defense too often seemed more important than who and what was being defended. The rise of the generals reflected a felt need for decisiveness and a longing, often unstated, for something to put one's faith in. In such a time, the Man of the Year had to be one who could restore lost faith to a troubled people, and to serve (perhaps longer than generals can) as custodian of that faith. In 1952, such a symbol of faith was not a man at all, but a woman: a shy, dedicated, determined 26-year- old who came to the throne of Great Britain in February.

I thought it was interesting how early on, the press caught on to two of the most notable qualities that we see in the Queen today: her dedication and her determination.

[Skydragon]

Flint marks Queen's 55-year reign

Today marks the 55th anniversary of the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Flint marks Queen's 55-year reign - Yahoo!7 News

How fortuitous that this thread 'appeared'.

[iowabelle]

Although I'm giving away my age, I used to have a Viewmaster disc with pictures of the Coronation. Maybe that's still available... in antiquities shops?

[selrahc4]

Originally Posted by iowabelle

Although I'm giving away my age, I used to have a Viewmaster disc with pictures of the Coronation. Maybe that's still available... in antiquities shops?

I have those!! And, yes, I'm giving away my age.

[tinkerbell1948]

Ah what wonderful memories! I'm the same age as Charles (actually 11 months older) and as a shy little country girl was taken to the picture theatre in our nearest town to see the Coronation on Movietone news. I can't remember now whether we saw the whole thing or just parts of it( and back in those days it was in black and white and TV hadn't hit our shores back then either) but I was absolutely entranced hence started a life long devotion to Royal watching