Reel Number: 220539-27
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL and SD
Year / Date: 1950s,1954
Country: England,Sweden,United Kingdom
Location: Guildhall, City of London,Royal opera House, Covent Garden
TC Begins: 12:11:10
TC Ends: 12:13:55
Duration: 00:02:45
1954 - England, Royalty: Sweden's King Gustav & Queen w/ Queen Elizabeth at Opera 07May54 Title: City of London - Sweden’s King At Guildhall. 12:11:15 Daytime, Royal carriage arrives Guildhall past troops at attention. King Gustav w/ Queen Louise greeted by Sir Noel Bowater, London's Lord Mayor & ??. 12:11:37 High Angle / HA formal entrance & received by informal ceremony. Court of Common Council presents King w/ silver casket to applause & reads speech re friendship between City of London & Sweden. 12:12:56 Entrance in formal dress to Royal Opera, Covent Garden. CU of Beefeater guard. Receiving line w/ Lord Waverly w/ Marquis of Salisbury greet Queen Elizabeth & King Gustave w/ Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in background. Up stairs & seated in Royal box as others watch. Queen Elizabeth & Queen Louise wearing jeweled tiaras. 1950s; State Visit (?);