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THE SUNDAY STAR. Washington, D. C.
SUNDAY, JUNE 7. 19.13
THE CORONATION ,1
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Narration written by CHRISTOPHER FRY
Music by The London Symphony Orchestra
gala premiere
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Turntable Talk
From the BBC Archives
New LP Record Follows Queen 27 Years
Through Childhood to the Throne'
By James G. Deane
An interesting and some
times moving memento of
nearly three decades of history
—mainly England’s but in a
sense partly our own—reached
the record shops Just prior
to last week’s great occasion in
London.
Broadcasting companies
make a habit of salting away
recordings of important events
and this item emanates from
the archives of the BBC. It is a
long-playing record containing
excerpts from broadcasts over
the period of 27 years which
constituted the lifetime, up to
her coronation, of Britain’s
new queen.
The recording, issued by
Victor, is called “Through
Childhood to the Throne.” and
it succeeds quite well in com
municating an impression of
the pageantry, solemnity and
devotion surrounding Eng
land's sovereign.
Elizabeth herself, of course,
is among the important par
ticipants. She is heard in sev
eral brief speeches, the best
remembered of which, to most
Americans, probably is the
war-time one she addressed at
the age of 14 to the children
of the British commonwealth.
More often than she is heard,
however, the future—and later
actual—-Queen is seen through
the eyes of BBC announcers
and of her subjects whose
cheers sound forth loyally in
her presence. The BBC’s micro
phones are not omnipresent;
they habitually intrude only
upon state occasions, appar
ently, for there is nothing here
from the royal family's non
public life. But the public has
been treated pretty generously
on the official side, and that,
after all. is what British royalty
is usually busy with.
A Poignant Moment
The broadcasters look in on
a number of state happenings.
One is the wedding of the Duke
of Kent, at which Elizabeth
was a bridesmaid. Another
coronation—that of Elizabeth’s
father, George VI. is one of
the more stately episodes. An
announcer describes Elizabeth
on horseback reviewing the
royal guard and at a later oc
casion being invested with the
Order of the Garter. The
young Queen’s consort, the
Duke of Edinburgh, gets a
chance to speak a brief piece.
And one especially poignant
episode—though neither par
ticipant is audible is the
scene at their wedding, wind
ing up with the traditional
march.
Other voices play prominent
roles in the chronicle, too.
George V, George VI and the
Duke of Windsor are heard,
as are three different prime
ministers, Chamberlain, Att
lee and Churchill. Even Hit
ler’s menacing oratory in
trudes for a moment as a re
minder of wartime, and the
late President Roosevelt’s
promise of aid, picked up on
short-wave from across the
Atlantic, supplies an eloquent
minute. Eloquent, also, are
some of the sounds, such as
the bagpipes accompanying
George Vi’s funeral cortege
and the chugging locomotive
drawing his coffin slowly out
of Paddington Station. West-
minster’s chimes peal Impres
sively o« several occasions.
Remembered by Washingto
nians will be president Tru
man's homespun greeting to
the visiting Princess in 1951.
There are also a few refresh
ing lighter moments. A smile
is inspired by Elizabeth’s big
sisterly “Come on. Margaret.”
near the close of the Prin
cesses’ commonwealth broad
cast. And you can’t help
chuckling when a trumpet
takes a wrong turn in a pomp
ous fanfare—as one usually
does.
Beyond all the pageantry,
the record adds up to quite a
human document. More than
printed words or even pictures,
voices like these prove that
kingly (and queenly) person
ages are really living and dy
ing beings, as well as, in this
Instance, unusually dedicated
ones.
The BBC has done a digni
fied job on the commentary.
The Gramophone Co., which
did the original processing, is
planning a three-LP record
ing of the complete coronation
ceremony, incidentally, which
should be available at least
on an import basis before too
long.
Stevenson Speaks
Considering that Adlai Stev
venson's speeches won him,
first, a considerable following
of voters and, second, a pub
lisher, it is only logic that the
third step should be a record.
Victor has provided It, and
within the time limits imposed
—about an hour’s listening—•
the collection is a pretty fair
representation.
Although James Fleming,
NBC newsman who did the
editing, apparently tried to
steer away from the purely
partisan, some people are
bound to put their own con
struction on some of the con
tents. Such observations as:
“The tragedy of our day is
the climate of fear in which
we live,” and: “Patriotism is
not hatred of Russia; it is
love for this republic,” might
irritate a certain Senator; and
such counsel on the U. N. as:
“We know the United Nations
will succeed because the United
Nations must succeed,” might
certainly arouse another. Yet
Stevenson also said: “We are
a people. I tell you, that is
just beginning its great ad
venture on this continent,”
and: “Let us lift up our hearts,
then, glad of our strength,
proud of the task it imposes.
While we accept the honorable
burden of freedom we can
never be divided.” Thoughtful
statements like this last, with
its high inspirational content,
form the bulk of this collec
tion, and it is only the defeat
ist or the disloyal whom such
words could offend. The level
of eloquence varies, but it is
consistently higher than most
political oratory since Lin
coln’s.
Not a Chance
Those who hanker for the
rough-and-tumble side of it
may refer to another Victor
disc called “Mr. President.”
This has everything from
F. D. R.’s defense of Fala to
Robert A. Taft's famous last
words: "There isn’t the slight
est evidence that Gen. Eisen
hower could possibly be a
strong candidate.”
Nikitina and Sergieff
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