Welcome Home Aka Pathe Gazette Special (1939)

Full titles read: “WELCOME HOME !“ King George VI (Duke of York / Prince Albert) and Queen Elizabeth (Duchess of York / Queen Mother) arrive back in Britain after seven weeks away on a royal tour of Canada. L/S’s of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret boarding the destroyer HMS ’Kempenfeldt’ they are greeted by numerous senior looking members of the Royal Navy. Aerial shots, several L/S’s good M/S’s of the ’Empress of Britain’ which is carrying the royal couple approaching Southampton followed by an enormous flotilla of smaller ships and boats. L/S of the King and Queen waving form the deck of the ship as they prepare to dock, huge crowds cheer. L/S’s of several members of the royal family going aboard the liner including the Queen Mary (Princess Mary of Teck). L/S’s of the King and Queen now with the two Princesses walking down the ramp and greeting various dignitaries. Several shots of the royal couple being driven to Southampton’s civic centre. L/S’s of huge crowds waiti
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