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This is a technicolour documentary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It is narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier and uses the talents of the London Symphony Orchestra for the accompanying soundtrack. A rare chance to see the important historic event in full.
Original Release
06/02/1953
Cast
Name | Character |
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Laurence Olivier | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
Queen Elizabeth II | Herself / Self |
Prince Philip | Himself / Self - Duke of Edinburgh |
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother | Self - The Queen Mother / Herself |
King Charles III | Himself / Self |
Duke of Gloucester | Self |
Louis Mountbatten | Self / Himself |
Edward Windsor | Self |
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard 16th Duke of Norfolk | Self |
Basil Brooke 1st Viscount Brookeborough | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Laurence Olivier | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
Queen Elizabeth II | Herself / Self |
Prince Philip | Himself / Self - Duke of Edinburgh |
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother | Self - The Queen Mother / Herself |
King Charles III | Himself / Self |
Duke of Gloucester | Self |
Louis Mountbatten | Self / Himself |
Edward Windsor | Self |
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard 16th Duke of Norfolk | Self |
Basil Brooke 1st Viscount Brookeborough | Self |
Godfrey Huggins | Self |
Dudley Shelton Senanayake | Self |
Muhammad Ali Bogra | Self |
Jawaharlal Nehru | Self / Himself |
D.F. Malan | Self |
Sidney George Holland | Self |
Robert Gordon Menzies | Self |
Louis Stephen Saint-Laurent | Self |
Winston Churchill | Self / Himself |
N.G. Rees | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Castleton Knight | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1954 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
1954 | Golden Globe | Best Documentary of Historical Interest | Won |