Philip Mountbatten

The Cameras took up the task of presenting history in the making

A camera points at soldiers on horse back

The Cameras took up the task of presenting history in the making

The Royal Wedding, 1947. Princess Elizabeth’s coach on the way to Westminster Abbey. Viewers also saw the scenes outside Buckingham Palace, including the Royal Party on the balcony, and the evening’s news-reel portrayed the ceremony in the Abbey itself.

Royal Visit – Television goes abroad

Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British throne, and her husband meet a cast of actors

Royal Visit

(Top) princess elizabeth and the duke of edinburgh visit Alexandra Palace. The cast of Hulbert’s Follies is presented.

Television goes abroad

(Right) On tour with the King’s Party in South Africa in 1947, a T.V. film cameraman visits a native village to collect material for the home screens.

A man films a woman making food outside her straw hut
1950 // THIS IS TRANSDIFFUSION