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1937 Coronation

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Programmes looking back at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Programmes marking the 80th anniversary of the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

1937 Coronation: On The BBC

1937 Coronation: On the BBC

12/05/2017

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How the fledgling BBC Television Service covered the coronation of King George VI.

BBC Parliament marks the 80th anniversary of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937. Just five months after its launch, the BBC Television Service showed an hour-long live outside broadcast of the 1937 Coronation procession to the Abbey for its small number of television viewers. This was the first outside broadcast by the BBC and no copy of the live output survives. BBC film cameras were on hand though to record the remarkable achievement for this 41/2 minute film.

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