THE JOURNEY FROM SANDRINGHAM

(14 Feb 1952)
Cut story - Straight title on grey background. Stills mixing of the Lying-in-State at St. Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, game-keepers on guard. GV Cortege leaves estate, along avenue of people. Cortege into camera, People look on in silence. Duke of Edinburgh & Duke of Gloucester walk behind. Onlookers take off hats. Game-keepers pass in procession. Entering Wolferton Station, coffin carried towards train. Locomotive pulls out of station. Royal train passing, panning on carriage bearing coffin. En route to Wolferton Station, are cut-ins of royal car with Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, & Princess Margaret heavily veiled. At King's Cross Station, above royalty stand on platform, Grenadier Guards carry coffin bearing Crown on top out of station. Elevated GV cortege leaving King's Cross. Elevated GV cortege down Kingsway, with crowds looking on. Cortege moves along only the sound of the horses hoofs being audible. Round into Aldwych. Out of Strand rounding into Whitehall. Ground & elevated shot passing Cenotaph. Cut-in Big Ben, 8 minutes past 4. Cortege turns into Palace Yard. Coffin lifted off gun-carriage. Mix to stills of lying-in-state in Westminster Hall. SEE STORY NUMBER 56766/2, 56766/3 FOR CUTS
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[@richardhubbard3773]

Hi James,
My grandfather, Fred Hubbard, is the chap in front of yours! He also was out on that Hare shoot
with your grandfather & the King, he picked up the last 2 cases fired by the King and they're still in my families possession to this day.

[@jamesgiles2676]

My grandfather was hare shooting with the late King on the evening before he died. My grandfather said the King was in good spirits, and hadn't looked so well in a while.
My grandfather, Robert "Bob" Giles is one of the gamekeepers in this footage (2nd to last row, nearest to the crowd, looking at the people and towards the camera 1:05 - 1:07)