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Epsom Surrey England 1961 stock footage and images

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King George VI ascends the throne abdicated by his elder brother King Edward VIII in 1936.

King Edward VIII walks past guards in formation followed by other British officials outside the palace. Still image of Wallis Simpson who became wife of Edward (Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor). Guards outside main door to 10 Downing Street. Car pulls up on road. King George VI, who ascended the throne after King Edward VIII abdicated, exits the car with his wife, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, and daughters, Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II). The king and his princess daughters shake hands with guards. The king reviews British troops. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events roughly 25 years earlier.

Date: 1936, December 10
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052222
Queen Elizabeth opens Chelsea Flower show in grounds of Royal Hospital Chelsea, London.

Queen Elizabeth II opens and attends the Chelsea Flower Show in London, United Kingdom. The Queen’s sister Princess Margaret and her husband, David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, with other dignitaries at opening of the Chelsea Flower show in the grounds of the Royal Hospital (Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4SR England) in London, England. The Queen’s mother, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, attends the flower show. They visit the garden and see various types of flowers. A man explains about flowers. A man talks to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, about flowers inside the tented area of the flower show.

Date: 1961, May
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034140
Marriages and births from various royal families in 1960

Princess Margaret of Britain waves towards a large crowd of people in England after her marriage to Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, a commoner photographer later styled as the 1st Earl of Snowdon. British crowd cheering for Princess Margaret. Scene change to King Baudouin of Belgium as he marries Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón of Spain during a traditional Catholic ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula (Place Sainte-Gudule, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium) in Brussels, Belgium. Queen of England Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip introduce little toddler Prince Andrew, sitting with his family on shore of a lake. Next scene shows Crown Prince Akihito of Japan playing with his newborn son Prince Naruhito at the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan). The next scene is Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, with his wife, Farah Pahlavi, at a ceremony after the birth of their first son, Reza Pahlavi, the Crown Prince of Iran. Final scene is United States President John Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in a hospital on the birth of their son John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.

Date: 1961, January 2
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056514
Queen Elizabeth II attends the consecration of Guildford Cathedral, signs the Sentence of Consecration as the principal witness

Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family attend the consecration of the Guildford Cathedral, the first Anglican Cathedral to be built in 500 years (Stag Hill, Guildford, England GU2 7UP). The procession of Guildford Cathedral clergy to the altar. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones, the 1st Earl of Snowdon, participate in the procession. The Bishop of Guildford, the Right Reverend George Reindorp, enters the cathedral through the Great West Door. Congregation participants hold prayer books. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are holding prayer books. Right Reverend George Reindorp signs the Sentence of Consecration. Queen Elizabeth II signs the Sentence of Consecration as the principal witness and as the supreme governor of the Church of England . Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music. The Anglican clergy, Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family leaving the newly consecrated Cathedral after the service.

Date: 1961, May 17
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078833
People gather to watch the new born baby of Princess Margaret in London, England.

Princess Margaret with her infant son in London, England. People lined up outside Clarence House, the birthplace of Princess Margaret’s infant. Princess Margaret with her husband Antony, the Earl of Snowdon. Princess Margaret holds her baby in her arms. The baby is named David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones. Queen Mother Elizabeth smiling as she stands nearby. Princess Margaret smiles while holding her baby.

Date: 1961, December 4
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062498
Nicolaus Silver wins Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, England.

Huge crowd at Grand national at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, England. A man sells tickets to people. Race started and after crossing a barrier, three jockeys with their horses fall. Spectators with binoculars see race. Nicolaus Silver comes in between crowd.

Date: 1961, March 27
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034218