Coronation of Elizabeth II

BBC television coverage of the coronation, June 2, 1953 For many families this was the day they first watched television, often squeezed into someone else's living room: more than half the viewers watched in the homes of friends, and around 20 million people in Britain saw it. Richard Dimbleby's commentary from high inside Westminster Abbey keeps everything stately and calm. A few excerpts are plenty; asking where they watched it, and who owned the set, usually does the rest.