This month's British Pathé newsreel features color footage from the 1962 Royal Film Performance which had Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and Lord Snowdon in attendance....not to mention 16 big-name stars who were presented to the queen prior to the showing. These included Yul Brynner, Cliff Richard, Melina Mercouri, Pat Boone, Horst Bucholz, Peter Sellers, Janet Munro, Peter Finch, and Leslie Caron. Also in attendance was Richard Beymer and director Robert Wise, which may give you a hint to what film was chosen for the Royal Performance, something the announcer failed to mention: West Side Story. I think Queen Elizabeth was in for a treat at the movies.
Instead of linking to the video on Youtube, we are just going to embed it right here so you can easily watch it.
Other similarly themed British Pathe shorts:
Royal Film Performance (1956) - 1:31 sec
Royal Film Performance ( 1959 ) - 2:05 sec
Royal Film Performance (1969) - 1:11 sec
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