Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Paramount
A600
SR001330_01_08.mov
4/8/45
Londoners celebrate VE Day in 1945
Crowd gathered at the base of Nelson's Column bearing sign, "Victory over Germany 1945" / column in distance with crowd / pan of people in Trafalgar Square / celebrants atop Landseer Lions in Trafalgar Square / high angle of Victoria Monument at Buckingham Palace / people waving handkerchiefs at Palace / VS Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, King George VI, Princess Margaret waving from Palace / close view of Royals, Princess Elizabeth in uniform / 1947 wedding at Westminster Abbey of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh / royal couple flanked by spectators / wedding party walking past Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
Queen Mother Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, Elizabeth II, George VI, Princess Margaret
United Kingdom
London

Keywords

archival
newsreel
V-E Day
World War II
Nelson's Column
Trafalgar Square
Landseer Lions
lions
sculptures
celebrations
Buckingham Palace
Victoria Memorial
crowds
excitement
royalty
weddings
Westminster Abbey
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