Coronation Of King George VI & Queen Elizabeth: Reels 3 & 4 (1937) | British Pathé

we are inside the eBay for the most solemn and dramatic pictures that have ever appeared on the screen the ceremony that has remained unchanged for a thousand years inside the West door the members of the royal family take their places the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret rose for the Princess Royal possession of Her Majesty the Queen moves up the name to be greeted after the anthem by the scholars of Westminster School with a vive at Regina the procession of His Majesty the King his majesty is greeted by the Westminster scholars with the vive a trek the Archbishop of Canterbury asks all those present whether they recognize their king they cry out god save King George IV identity okay George you're a double king well for all your weapon to play the ghost your imagine 30 are you waiting to do the place you three times more the archbishop repeats the question until he has faced in turn the four points of the compass that's the 8,000 people inside the abbey first to claim their sovereign then his majesty will go to the chair of a state to take the coronation oath meanwhile the regalia which have been carried by the Lord's in the procession are placed by the Dean of Westminster upon the altar the King prepares to take the oath the archbishop asks him if he will solemnly promise to govern the people of Great Britain Ireland Canada Australia New Zealand and the Union of South Africa of your position and the other territories to any of them belonging or pertaining and of your empire of India according to their respective laws and customs solemnly Tomica so to do will you the earth are full of Justice in motive to be executed in all your judgment I will still sitting in the chair of a state the king signs the oath twice he dips his pen in the ink now he would disrobe for the most sacred part of the service the anointing with holy oil the Knights of the Garter will bring the canopy of cloth of gold the anointing he like dressed anointed with holy oil he died yet anointed with holy oil after the anointing the secular and sacred characters of the coronation merge the super Tunica or over dress of cloth of gold is put upon the King a girdle of the same material is caught around his waist the Lord Chamberlain touches his heels with the golden Spurs of knighthood from the altar the archbishop brings the jeweled sword of state vows is symbolized in the king the merging of the temporal and divine power King the dog broke now from the earth Allah stop and deliver to you by the hands of us the bishops and servants of us though unworthy the sword is get about the king by the Lord great Chamberlain justice carpet roads of iniquity forget the Holy Church of God health and defend widows and orphans and so faithfully serve oh Jesus Christ in this life that you may reign forever with him in the life which is to come the King Unger's the sword and going towards the altar offers it in the scabbard to the archbishop the peer who first received the sword redeems it for the price of one hundred shilling and during the remainder of the service he carries it naked before the king the army allure color is based on the king by the Dean of Westminster the Dean invests him with the mantle of cloth of gold shaped square like the cope of a bishop and richly adorned with the Eagle of empire his majesty takes the orb with a cross aerial at all and the Lord your God in yo-yo with knowledge and wisdom with metric lid with power from apparent the sovereign receives the ring a great sapphire slashed with a cross of Ruby the lord of the manor of workshop presents the glove his majesty takes the sceptre with the cross the symbol of his earthly power and the scepter with a doubt the symbol of divine guidance how every eye is riveted on the sinned Edwards crown as the Archbishop of Canterbury lifts it from the altar and the Dean of Westminster bears it to where the King sits in the coronation chair the Archbishop of Canterbury takes it raises it with solemnity lowers it on the royal brow the king is crowned the peers are claimed their sovereign the King leaves the austere coronation chair to take his golden throne for the homage all the great officers of state group in dazzling array around the sovereign in a majestic sweeping robes tears of the realm will pay homage one by one at the feet of King George the sick then rise one by one to touch his Majesty's crown and kiss his left cheek first the archbishop then the Duke of Gloucester the Duke of Kent and the Earl marshal that you could Norfolk since the beginning of the service a Majesty the Queen has been sitting in the chair of a state now she moves forward for her o 94 piracies bring the golden canopy the Queen kneels at the altar the archbishop will pour the holy oil upon the crown of her head you will put the Queen's ring upon the fourth finger of her right hand the archbishop brings the crown from the altar sets it upon the Queen's head the heapify the flower hansbrough the archbishop puts the Sept turn to our right hand the ivory rod with a dug into her left the Queen moves across to pay homage to the king a train is borne by the mistress of the robes and the ladies-in-waiting after the Queen and her ladies have bowed in homage Her Majesty will take her place on the throne then the king and queen will move forward towards the altar and end us and Edwards chapel where the king will exchange the sin Edward's crown for the Imperial state crown which he will wear on the state drive back to Buckingham Palace thus consecrated in crown their Majesties walk in procession through the nave inquire to leave the Abbey the coronation is over you

Channel: British Pathé

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Length: 16min 59sec (1019 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 13 2014