Royal Christening (1938)

Solna, Sweden. The baby Princess Desiree, youngest great-grandchild of the King of Sweden, is carried carefully out of a car by a nurse outside the church of Solna near Stockholm. The baby’s mother, Princess Sibylla, gets out of the car. Brief shot of the King of Sweden arriving at the church. Still photograph of the christening ceremony. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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