This mute Tyne Tees Television Newsview report documents the royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Peterlee, Durham and Newton Aycliffe on 27 May 1960. Guests, police, the press and onlookers are at Horden railway station to welcome Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to County Durham who arrive by train. The royal couple shake hands with dignitaries on the platform. Press photographers take pictures. They greet more special guests. The small crowd cheerily wave Union Jack...

This mute Tyne Tees Television Newsview report documents the royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Peterlee, Durham and Newton Aycliffe on 27 May 1960. Guests, police, the press and onlookers are at Horden railway station to welcome Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to County Durham who arrive by train. The royal couple shake hands with dignitaries on the platform. Press photographers take pictures. They greet more special guests. The small crowd cheerily wave Union Jack flags. The Queen and prince are driven away in a Rolls Royce with an all-glass hood. Portrait shot of a young boy and girl in the sunshine at the occasion. Crowds line the road from the railway station as the royal couple are driven away. The royal car arrives in Peterlee where a military regiment and big crowds are there to welcome them. Flags and bunting flies from the houses in the new town and people watch from balconies. The Queen and Prince Philip are led to a canopied stage. A military regiment stands to attention and a military general salutes the Queen with a sword. Photographs are taken by the press corp. The queen heads to a marquee where she signs a ledger. Out in the sunshine, carrying a small bouquet of flowers, she returns to the Rolls Royce and the royal couple are driven away, waved on by the crowd, and people on a balcony of one of the new housing blocks. They drive a short way and are greeted by more dignitaries. A line of young male cadets stand to attention. A large crowd are gathered as the royal couple walk a red carpet with a minister of the Church and other guests. They enter St Cuthbert’s Church. The queen then goes walkabout, welcomed with waves and flag waving by the crowd. A group of girl guides wave. Close-up of the Queen followed by general views of the flag-waving crowd lining the route as the royal cavalcade heads off, Prince Philip waving from the car. The royal cavalcade arrives in a crowded cobbled Market Place in Durham. An excited crowd watch as Queen Elizabeth is led into the Town Hall and Guildhall, and later waves from the balcony. There is more handshaking with local dignitaries when she leaves, and then the royals are once more on the move in their car. The crowds cheer. General view of the River Wear, the Cathedral towering over the historic city. The royal visitors and local dignitaries arrive in Palace Green, to be greeted by crowds, as they head for a meal in Durham Castle. Various scenes follow of the Queen at an official military welcome and salute, a military band awaiting the Queen in a shopping centre at Newton Aycliffe, the Queen inspecting soldiers standing to attention in rows, and walkabout through the shopping centre. The royals then arrive at a housing estate in Newton Aycliffe welcomed by locals. Two young girls watch from the crowd flanked by police officers. The Queen is led to a house on the estate, probably to meet the the Llewellyns in Barrington Way. She waves goodbye as she leaves. There are a sea of Union Jacks as she walks through the crowd of people in the town, many children there to greet her. The Queen and Prince Philip walk back through the crowds to the royal car and they are driven away. People start to disperse. A row of men in wheelchairs wave as the couple pass in the Rolls Royce. The Queen waves from the car. A plane awaits the royal cavalcade at RAF Middleton St George from where the Queen and Prince Philip depart. Title: The End [over a shot of Durham Cathedral tower and cross Credit: Editor Bill Roberts [over shot of a colonnade at Durham Cathedral] Credits: Film Unit F. Thomas, J. Hodkinson, W. Grey, N. Jackson, J. Cutter [over shot of Durham Castle] [Note: The Queen’s day 'started when she stepped off a train at Horden and got into a new £10,000 rich maroon Rolls-Royce with an all-glass hood – the first time this vehicle had been seen in the provinces. It took her to visit people living in the new towns: the Tindles in Avon Road, Peterlee, and the Llewellyns in Barrington Way, Newton Aycliffe. William Llewellyn took Prince Philip into his Punch and Judy workshop – today, his son Brian, who was six when the royal visitors came to the door, is Darlington's Mr Punch and Judy.' https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/13646995.amp/ ]