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90th anniversary of "Big Ben" Westminster carillon

Publication date 01/01/1949 From €100.00

Palace of Westminster

On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of "Big Ben", several images of London, the Thames, the Palace of Westminster and the inside of the Clock Tower. - VG Westminster Tower in PP silhouette of bronze horse statue - Other VG of the Westminster tower with PP rolling cars - LV Westminster Tower Dive - Clock face GP from inside tower - Different planes of the clock mechanism - GP of a small plate affixed to the frame of the "Fixed here 1859" mechanism - PM with a mechanic hand holding a very large wrench for tightening bolts - Different London GVs taken from the top of the Westminster tower - Westminster Tower VG taken at dusk, clock 9 o’clock - Clockwork GP - GPP of a world map - Tower LV angle switch with two dials.

An overspending minister in Westminster

Publication date 23/04/1998 From €100.00

Palace of Westminster

In the United Kingdom, the renovation of the British Labour Minister of Justice’s Tony Blair House of Justice, Lord Irvine, in the Westminster Parliament in London, was considered too expensive (especially wallpapers). Lord Irvine was heard by a Parliamentary Committee on the costs of this renovation. For Stéphen Bayley, decorator and historian, "the Westminster Parliament is a national treasure".

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing visiting the Palace of Westminster

Publication date 23/06/1976 From €100.00

Palace of Westminster

On an official visit to London, French President Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING went to the Palace of Westminster where he was warmly welcomed by the Lord Grand Chamberlain and the members of the British Parliament to give a speech on the political and economic future of Franco-Ontarian relations British and the creation of aAnnual meeting with the British Prime Minister.

Westminster Gothic Abbey

Publication date 19/04/2019 From €100.00

Palace of Westminster

In London, visit of the Gothic abbey of Westminster where are celebrated the coronations, weddings and funerals of the royal family of England since William the Conqueror and whose frames are also made of wood like the cathedral Notre Dame of Paris.

Margaret Jay, Labour MP on House of Lords Reform

Publication date 23/09/2015 From €100.00

Palace of Westminster

Back to the United Kingdom on the question of the distribution of political power through the example of the House of Lords, British Senate, and the legislative reform affecting their appointment. Interview with Margaret JAY, Baroness of Paddington, Labour MP, member of the House of Lords behind the reform.

The British constitutional monarchy: the only one to be sacred

Publication date 11/11/2009 From €100.00

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Louis LAFORGE talks in the cathedral of Reims with contemporary history professor Eric MENSION-RIGAU about the importance of the coronation ceremony and the coronation of Elizabeth II broadcast on television in 1953. The British constitutional monarchy is the only current monarchy with a coronation, the symbolic value of this monarchy is the embodiment of consensus and stability.

Introduction of cameras in the House of Commons

Publication date 21/11/1989 From €100.00

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It was a historic date when television entered the House of Commons, the British Parliament. Queen of England Elizabeth II today delivered her 36th Speech from the Throne for the opening of the parliamentary session in front of the cameras. Eight automatic cameras have been installed, they are directed by an outside control and their movements are strictly regulated to film the debates of deputies. Some of them, like Margaret Thatcher, have taken a maintenance course. Interview with John WILKINSON, Conservative MP on the reasons for the delay in introducing cameras to film parliamentary debates: "the old generation was not interested" unlike the new generation of MPs.

Speaker of the House of Commons on Question Time

Publication date 07/07/1966 From €100.00

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The Speaker of the British House of Commons, in costume and wig, explains in French how Question Time is played out by Members of the House of Commons and its role to members of the government.

Sir Alfred Boson, MP and Lord

Publication date 06/11/1959 From €100.00

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After the victory of the conservative Harold MAC MILLAN in the general election, meeting with one of the elected representatives, a Conservative MP, Lord, Sir Alfred BOSON, who has sat for 35 years, respecting traditional values and whose son took over. His butler also voted conservative.

British reaction to the Profumo affair

Publication date 16/06/1963 From €100.00

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In London, a microsidewalk with English on the political scandal of the Profumo affair, the Secretary of State for War of the conservative government of Harold MACMILAN after his affair with model Christine KEELER and its repercussions on political life. "Opinions are very different depending on whether they are Conservative or Labour" In front of the House of Commons, in front of the Palace of Westminster, some people are even waiting outside the gates to witness the fall of the government.

The House of Commons and the English constitutional monarchy

Publication date 27/04/1971 From €100.00

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Explanations with engravings on the history of the House of Commons: the fires of the House of Commons and its role in the trial of King Charles I beheaded in 1649 for challenging the jurisdiction of Parliament.

Coronation and coronation at Westminster: founding act of the English monarchy since William the Conqueror

Publication date 11/11/2009 From €100.00

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Louis LAFORGE talks in the cathedral of Reims with contemporary history professor Eric MENSION-RIGAU about the commonalities and differences between the former French monarchy and the English monarchy whose founding act dates back to the coronation of William THE CONQUEROR on Christmas Day 1066.

The British institutions

Publication date 17/04/2004 From €100.00

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Report. Evocation of the functioning of the oldest democracy in Europe, Great Britain. But it is a democracy that has not been able to separate itself from all the privileges and traditions of the past, such as the House of Lords. Explanation of the division of powers between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, both located in the Palace of Westminster. Interviews with Lord STRATHCLYDE, leader of the Conservative Party of the House of Lords on decorum and traditions, their symbols and Professor Roger MORGAN, specialist of British institutions on the opinion of Labour on this subject.

Big Ben’s backside

Publication date 19/12/2013 From €100.00

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Report in London dedicated to the backstage of Big Ben, the famous bell of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster. Visit of the inside of this tower closed to the public. Reminder of the Big Ben story. Comments on images of the place alternating with the interview of Paul ROBERSON, watchmaker of the Palace of Westminster and Tim REDMOND, guide and historian; Loïc from LA MORNAIS.

Thomas Cadett on a possible institutional reform of Whitehall

Publication date 02/09/1963 From €100.00

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Journalist Thomas CADETT is invited to react to two articles published in the British press -SundayTimes and the Weekly Review- calling for institutional reform of British political institutions because Parliament is too far from the government.

The English monarchy and its relations with Parliament

Publication date 27/04/1971 From €100.00

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Explanations on the functioning of the British constitutional monarchy, the distribution of powers, the choice by the Queen of the Prime Minister even without an election by an English Member of Parliament and visit of the House of Commons to the Palace of Westminster William LIBERDAL, Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons, then discusses the history of the House of Commons, its operation, the voting of Members with their feet, Question Time and the distribution of seats among Members.

The Guy Fawkes Night or the commemoration of the failure of the Powder Conspiracy

Publication date 09/11/1969 From €100.00

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In London, on the occasion of the feast of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrated by the children with bangle lights and the burning of a "Guy", an effigy of Guy Fawkes, a look back on the origins of this festival, the commemoration of the failure of the Powder Conspiracy in the seventeenth century: a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London at the Palace of Westminster and assassinate King James I. Historical explanations on engravings and micropavement with children.

The Statute of the Lords and Wilson’s Reform Plan

Publication date 14/11/1968 From €100.00

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In Britain, a reform project, initiated by Mr Wilson, provides for a change in the operation of the House of Lords, whose main function is to examine and amend bills. The reform provides, among other things, for a change in its composition to be chosen by the Prime Minister, and the setting of an age limit of 72 years for peers. Jacques-Olivier CHATTARD speaks, in duplex from London, with Lord ARRAN, eighth Earl of Arran who explains exactly what this project of reform of the House of Lords consists of, it turns them into a politician. At present, they vote according to their conscience and are hereditary peers.

Abolition of the privileges of the Lords

Publication date 27/11/2003 From €100.00

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Testimony in French of Lord Charles LYELL of KINNORDY, following the Queen’s announcement in her Speech from the Throne of the suppression of the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords: He reacts to the change in his status that will no longer be a lifetime charge. New members of the House of Lords will be appointed for life by the Queen on the Prime Minister’s proposal.

Visit to Westminster Abbey

Publication date 13/06/2018 From €100.00

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In London, Westminster Abbey -where British kings and queens are crowned, buried and married -, galleries that remained closed for nearly VII centuries are for the first time open to the public as well as a museum where are exhibited treasures of the British monarchy inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II herself. Images of the abbey and its nave seen from the galleries, treasures exhibited in the museum alternating with a microsidewalk among English tourists.

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