Fleet Review: Ships Salute Queen In Coronation Show

Clip: 352680_1_1

Year Shot: 1953 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1586

Original Film: 026-475-02

HD: N/A

Location: United Kingdom, England

Timecode: 00:09:16 - 00:10:29

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Queen Elizabeth II reviews the greatest peacetime fleet ever assembled-1,000 ships from 22 nations including Russia, massed in dress formation in honor of the newly-crowned monarch. Aerial shot - Hundreds of ships. MCUS - The battleship HMS Surprise carries the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. MCUS - The Royal couple on a gun platform waving. MCUS - Princess Margaret Rose MCUS - Sir Winston Churchill. MLS - Full dressed British Navy standing on deck waving. MLS - Sailors giving hats off to the new Queen. Ground to Air - Royal Air Force pay homage to the Queen.