Shots of the streets of Masterton and of various decorations and floral arrangements created for the visit. The royal entourage drives down the main street as the crowds cheer.
This silent colour film was made using an 8-mm camera by amateur cameraman Mr Edwin Nitschke. We are most grateful to Mr Nitschke’s family for making this film available to us.
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'Film: the Queen visits Masterton, 1954', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/queen-visits-masterton, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Jul-2020
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David Roughan
Posted: 06 Feb 2022
I remember standing in Queen Street waving my Union Jack flag as a 6 year old and my father being one of the uniformed police standing guard at the hotel where the Queen and Duke stayed
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