Through Childhood to the Throne / Memories of Coronation Day (2nd June, 1953)
John Snagge & Richard DimblebyS
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Introduction
Solemn Act of Dedication / First Christmas Day Broadcast by Hm King George V in 1932
Hrh the Prince of Wales / Wedding of Duke of Kent and Princess Marina / Silver Jubilee in 1935
Funeral of King George V in 1936 / Accession and Abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936 / Coronation of King George VI in 1937
Stern Memories of Crises: Voices of Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain / Launching of Cunard Liner "Queen Elizabeth" / Declaration of War in 1939 Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill
The Battle of Britain in 1940 / Speech to the Children by the 14-Year-Old Princess Elizabeth
Bombing of London / President Franklin D Roosevelt / Winston Churchill "Give Us the Tools and We Will Finish the Job" / Victory in Europe in 1945
General Dwight D Eisenhower / Princess Elizabeth in Uniform / Clement Attlee / Victory in Japan in 1945 / King George VI
Victory Parade in 1946 / Royal Tour of South Africa and Rhodesia in 1947 / Field-Marshal Smuts
Princess Elizabeth Twenty-First Birthday in 1947 / Marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Hrh the Duke of Edinburgh / Admission to Order of the Garter
Birth of Prince Charles in 1948 / Vduke of Edinburgh Receives Freedom of the Scottish Capital in 1949 / Visit to Wales and Northern Ireland
Opening of Festival of Britain in 1951 by King George VI / Birth of Princess Anne / Trooping of the Colour
Visit to Canada and Washington / President Truman
Visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1952 / Funeral of King George VI
First Christmas Day Speech of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952
God Save the Queen (National Anthem)
Memories of Coronation Day: The Departure from Buckingham Palace
The Children Greet Their Queen
The Arrival at Westminster Abbey
Excerpts from the Coronation Service: "Vivat Regina" (Excerpt) Choir / The Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher / Queen Elizabeth II Excerpt / The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church
The Return to Buckingham Palace
The Raf Salute
The Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill
Hm Queen Elizabeth II
God Save the Queen (National Anthem)
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