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Menzies RG: Our Coronation Tour - The Lodge
Title:
Menzies RG: Our Coronation Tour - The Lodge
NFSA ID
5208
Year
1953
This clip from the Menzies home movie collection shows the Lodge in snow as well as Spring. Summary by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers.
This clip from a home movie, filmed by Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, shows footage of the Lodge, the residence of the Australian Prime Minister.
The Lodge was originally built for the Treasurer however it became the Prime Minister’s residence when work on the other residences was cancelled due to economic constraints.
Menzies RG: Our Coronation Tour synopsis
This home movie filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Robert G Menzies, records the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the official ceremonies and parades associated with the event.
Menzies RG: Our Coronation Tour curator's notes
Shot on 16mm colour film, this home movie filmed by Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, on 2 June 1953 is a significant historical record that captures the official ceremonies for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It begins with an official welcome. Sir Robert captures prominent leaders including the Queen of Tonga and The Prime Minister of Canada.
Heather Henderson, the daughter of Sir Robert Menzies, revealed in an interview for The Canberra Files, that although Menzies shot most of his home movies, much of the Coronation Service was filmed by his secretary while he was outside the Abbey.
Notes by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.