Majesty In The Air (1955)

Majesty in the Air. Titles read: ’BOAC PRESENTS MAJESTY IN THE AIR’. Scene from the Coronation - Queen Elizabeth II walking down aisle after the ceremony. Commentator talks of tradition. Crowds cheering. Men working on aeroplane engine. Pilots beside plane. Air to air of BOAC Constellation plane in flight. Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Elizabeth I. Timbered building - Earl of Leicester’s Hospital in Warwick. Little Morton Hall. Hebridean women spinning and dyeing wool; pummelling tweed fabric. Young sailors swabbing decks, climbing rigging on training ship HMS Worcester. Rowing to ship; hauling ropes. Young men board training plane outside aircraft hangar. Passengers and crew board BOAC aircraft. Monarch plane taking off. Cornish coastline and countryside; flowers. Furry Day in Helston - children dancing, band playing ’Floral Dance’; traditional dancing in the street. Ceremony in Selkirk, Scotland, where horseman carries flag across river as symbol of demarcation, followed by others
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