[The Royal Wedding]
1960 , Trafalgar Square London (Other)
Cat no. 88487
Anglia Television's introduction to the first televised broadcast of a royal wedding.
Peter Kennerley delivers a piece to camera from London's bustling Trafalgar Square, introducing the live coverage by Anglia Television's Outside Broadcast Unit, on the day of the royal wedding of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones.
Keywords
Anticipation; Broadcasting; Celebrations; Media coverage; National events; Royal weddings; Televised events;
Background Information
Princess Margaret married Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey in the spring of 1960. It was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television and more than 20 million viewers tuned in to watch it. Cited http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/princess_margarets_wedding
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Production company : Anglia Television
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Presenter : Peter Kennerley
Manifestations
[The Royal Wedding]
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Genre: Television
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Locations: Trafalgar Square London (Other)
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Description Type: monographic
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Related to: Omnibus
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Related to: Anglia news
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Subject: royal weddings / Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon / Antony Armstrong-Jones, Ist Earl of Snowdon
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