As Britain pauses this week to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, our film clip takes us back 45 years to a time when the nation was celebrating a previous jubilee - this time of the silver variety.
It was the summer of 1977 and the 51-year-old monarch, with Prince Philip by her side, was in the midst of a UK tour to mark 25 years on the throne. Our amateur video footage, courtesy of the North East Film Archive (NEFA), captures Silver Jubilee events taking place in South Shields on July 15, 1977, and was shot by Ken Wright.
We see the Queen car on the town's John Reid Road greeted by local people and flag-waving schoolchildren from Monkton Junior School, South Shields. A street party at Wharton Street with Union Jacks and bunting displayed on terraced houses mirrored scenes taking place right around Britain. The clip comes from a longer version of the silent, colour film which can be viewed on NEFA's website.
