Selected Originals Royal Opera Night (1953)

Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out takes, rushes) for story Royal Opera Night 53, 43. Extra material for newsreel story. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Various Royal and political dignitaries attend opening night of the opera Gloriana. Among those seen is Clement Attlee, various colonial and commonwealth leaders, Pandit Jahawarlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister walking through foyer, he is accompanied by his daughter Indira Gandhi. Crown Prince Olav of Norway and party, Lady Edwina Mountbatten and her daughter Pamela. Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. Nice shots of Queen Mother in tiara. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Court Dress. A soldier of the Household Cavalry stands to attention with his sword. Exterior shots of arrivals at the Royal Opera House. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Maire Louise, the Mountbattens and the various Royals are seen. CU the royal standard flying on car. MS Union Jack British flag. CU List of p