Princess Elizabeth In Durham (1947)

Unissued / unused material. Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) in Durham - cuts from newsreel story in issue 47/87. Royal car driving past waving crowds. Various shots Princess Elizabeth at the Finchdale Abbey training centre (some kind of vocational college for men. She chats to the men in the workshops and watches them gardening. Various C/Us waving children. C/U girl students at St. Mary’s college. Various shots of Princess laying foundation stone for new college. M/S Elizabeth, accompanied by Colonel Chapman, walking to the cathedral where she is received by the Dean of Durham. M/S Durham cathedral. More shots foundation stone ceremony. L/S Princess seen walking out of the cathedral, photographer dodge in front of her. More shots foundation stone ceremony. C/U Elizabeth mounting the platform on the site of the college. M/S as she smoothes the cement of the foundation stone with a trowel. C/U as she waves from her car as it drives away. FILM ID:2184.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ