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This is the official film of the Royal visit to Queen Salote's Kingdom in 1954, made by the National Film Unit for the Tongan Government. There is comprehensive coverage of the welcome, traditional ceremonies and feasting, dancing and singing, the church service, and the farewell. The young, recently coronated, Queen Elizabeth and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, leave the 'friendly islands' on the Royal liner Gothic, which will continue on to New Zealand.
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thanks so much for sharing these important video clips (Queen of Tonga/Tonga) with us. malo
Malo 'aupito, love it!
thank you..... love this one...
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Vai
Posted at 03.29PM - 30.08.2012
ive always come across images for the Queens visit to Tonga but never a short film, was great to see this up here :) beautiful!