Queen Opens New Zealand House (1963)

London. GV. New Zealand House, London. Angle shot, pan down New Zealand House. SV. The High Commissioner for New Zealand Sir Thomas Macdonald, General Freiberg and the deputy Canadian Prime Minister J. R. Marshall. SV. Lady Dorothy Macmillan and Mr Harold Macmillan, Britain’s Prime Minster, arriving and being greeted. GV. Crowds outside. GV. Queen’s car arriving. The Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, step out of car and are met by, presumably, the High Commissioner. SV. Crowd. SV. Queen being presented to official. SCU. Queen chatting with official. SV. Queen unveiling plaque commemorating the occasion. SV. Queen and New Zealand’s High Commissioner. GV. New Zealand House. SV. Queen with officials on balcony on the 18th floor looking out across London. GV. London, from New Zealand House. SCU. Queen. SV. Harold Macmillan and wife. GV. The Houses of Parliament. SV. Doctor A. M. Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury looking out across London. SV. The Queen and officials. GV. London. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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