De kwaliteit van de platen is in de meeste gevallen slecht (veel kraken). Opnames zijn gemaakt bij de BBC.
H000217.A1 Koninklijk bezoek aan Groot-Britannië : dag 1 / 1950-11-21
Verslag van de eerste dag . Zwaar weer op de overtocht, aankomst in Dover, begroeting door de Hertog van Gloucester, per speciale trein naar London, ontvangst door Koning George en Koningin Elisabeth en premier Attlee op het perron. Tocht naar Buckingham Palace.
H000218.A1 State Visit of Queen Juliana to Great-Britain : day 1 [ruw] / 1950-11-21 by Steen, John van der.
Arrival at Victoria Station, tour through London, laying of a wreath for the unknown soldier at Westminster Abbey.
Unedited version of report made by John van der Steen at the BBC-studio’s.
This version edited from the CD-recording made in 1999; there’s a slight hum in the softer parts, but in general the condition of the records was better in 1999.
H000219.A1 Koninklijk bezoek aan Groot-Britannië : dag 2 / 1950-11-22
Lunch met Lord Mayer in the Guild Hall; aanbieding van een cadeau door de gemeente; speech van lord Mayor, delen van de speech van Koningin Juliana; bezoek aan de Nederlandse gemeenschap.
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SPEECH OF QUEEN JULIANA
AT LUNCH IN BANQUETING ROOM, GUILDHALL, WEDNESDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER
My Lord Mayor,
Your words have struck a chord in my heart. They display the undying vitality of your brave and ever-young City of London.We are indeed happy to be back here, meeting again as old friends your citizens, who have given us such a wonderful welcome today. This is specially the case for my husband, who like my mother knows your city so well from her most tragic and triumphant hours.
When speaking to you, my Lord Mayor of London, - Great Britain’s capital - I should like to utter warm feelings of friendship in the name of the people of the Netherlands, as well as to the other London boroughs, British cities, towns, villages and hamlets, towards all places in Britain where people live.
This our visit is not a mere courtesy, we are not here only to commemorate how often in the past, Great Britain and the Netherlands have lived in amity and alliance, (and to conceal how often we came to grips), not even how a world disaster has cemented our friendship: for among countries that fought together and since stand together, that is nowadays - I am most grateful to state - a well-established fact. But I wish to stress most of all hove much we will need each other in the future. And so much blood, sweat and tears have left us all with a blessed inheritance: we feel we must make world of unison.
All present-day circumstances increase the urge towards this forthcoming unity.: It may be difficult for mankind to change its mental attitude as quickly as time marches. It
does us good to realise, then, that nowadays the interests of peace-loving nations have to be coordinated, that military contention between them, like it existed, has become as unthinkable as war among your or our counties or provinces. We must learn to consider many old conceptions as going and gone: by the slightest touch they crumble to dust. Some ideas we all used to nourish and to dress up with beautiful slogans are nothing but disguised national selfishness. For a few centuries these ideas have ridden such high horses, but now they painfully stumble forward on sore feet, proven at last to be only a hindrance on the road to the peace of the world.
This new unity is still very young, and tentative, and it is hard to say now, which of her forms may later need rearrangement. Yet the trend towards both European an World unison is undeniable and inevitable.
London is a democratic federation of many boroughs. We can imagine her soon as herself also being a borough of Europe’s great port comprising both sides of the North Sea. and the Channel - being one of several ones along with the other large harbours there. We should begin to, get accustomed to this idea, so worthy of London’s great mind.
We must learn to bear each other’s burdens. It seems immensely difficult for human beings to grasp the efficiency of practising this ancient truth.
Alone we fail, together we win. I have, however, great confidence in the people of Britain: the most practical in the world, and of such good will towards the bereaved, to plan a right, bright future.
We are forcibly driven to unity in this era. Regardless of what the forces are which do this, we must observe the fact that this is the line along which human society is developing. …
watching the night sky overhead, full of stars, in its unknow immensity.
We feel the divine magnitude of the course of History in its many eras, and it makes us understand the signs in the time. In that attitude of the mind we would abhor to remain only spectators and we feel it a privilege to throw away what is hampering us, and go ahead, and take part in the movement, feel each a member of the team that will cooperate and mould the world as it should be. It is a privilege to live today and tomorrow, I do not believe in considering the future with gloom. I mentioned some of the blossomings sprung from the hard and terrible recent past. Great possibilities are at our right and left hand, and especially in front of us. We must use them wisely, and wisely means: with our eyes open, our heart supple, our mind alert - just being open to any possibility coming along that can further the brotherhood
Great Britain means to the Netherlands more and more the concrete representation of the greatness, which keeps tradition, like the ocean keeps her waves, because the Netherlands have learned to consider tradition as the waves of the ocean, and that is endless in their rolling and in their depth and height. When I raise my glass in honour of London and her Lord Mayor and Corporation, I do this to the city that has always faced the whole world.
Big is reflected in small as big; small is reflected in big as small, and in that lies their bond and mutual appreciation: as big is not big without small, and small is not small without big; and in their interconnection they offer a profusion of possibility.
H000219.B1 State Visit of Queen Juliana to Great-Britain : day 2 [ruw] / 1950-11-22
In this piece only the clearly to indentify parts of H000219.A1 are edited.
Lunch with Lord Mayor at the Guild Hall ; speech of Queen Juliana
H000220.B1 State Visit of Queen Juliana to Great-Britain : day 2 / 1950-11-22
Lunch with Lord Mayer in the Guild Hall; speech of lord Mayor, speech of Queen ; visit to Londons Dutch Community.
Sound quality from 11:51 to end very bad.
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SPEECH OF QUEEN JULIANA (see above)
H000221.A1 Koninklijk bezoek aan Groot-Britannië : dag 3 / 1950-11-23
Geluidskwaliteit aan het eind heel slecht!
Verslag van diner aangeboden door Koningin Julian in Hotel Claridges omdat ambassade te klein is. Beschrijving van het hotel en de gasten. Daarna over de kranslegging (eerder op de dag?) bij het graf van Stadhouder-Koning Willem III en het bezoek aan “Times and talents” waar meisjes uit de lagere klasse cultureel worden bijgespijkerd.
H000222.A1 State Visit of Queen Juliana to Great-Britain : day 3 / 1950-11-23
Start with 22-11: Dinner at the Clarity’s Hotel in Claridges with Queen Elisabeth and the prime minister.
Visit on 23-11 to the grave of William III (stadhouder/koning) and childrens resort ‘Times and Talents’
H000223.A1 Koninklijk bezoek aan Groot-Britannië : dag 4: terugkeer naar Nederland / 1950-11-24
Vertrek per vliegtuig naar Nederland
H000224.A1 State Visit of Queen Juliana to Great-Britain : Overview / 1950-11-24
Short overview of the four day state visit.
