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On The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

How the fledgling ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Television Service covered the coronation of King George VI.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament marks the 80th anniversary of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937. Just five months after its launch, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Television Service showed an hour-long live outside broadcast of the 1937 Coronation procession to the Abbey for its small number of television viewers. This was the first outside broadcast by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and no copy of the live output survives. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ film cameras were on hand though to record the remarkable achievement for this 41/2 minute film.

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