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'''''Royal Family''''' was a 1969 British documentary about Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and the general royal family. For the | '''''Royal Family''''' was a 1969 British documentary about Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and the general royal family. For the first time, cameras were allowed to capture conversations and the intimacy of the family in their daily routines and life. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The documentary was shot | The documentary was shot in 18 months, with a reported total of 43 hours of footage shot for it. It has been known to have aired four times in England; once on BBC One in 1969, once again by the BBC in 1972, and twice on ITV, with a 1969 airing also being known to have taken place in Australia. The documentary has never been shown since due to a request from the royal family itself, who considered that a documentary that portrayed them as normal people was a mistake. Due to its negative reception, hardly any footage of it had been shown or found since. | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
At the time, only a very brief black and white preview was available. In 2011, | At the time, only a very brief black and white preview was available. In 2011, 90 seconds of color footage was broadcast as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. While the original footage and outtakes are still preserved and stored away at an undisclosed location, no further footage was known to have been made available, due to it being protected under Crown Copyright. | ||
In January | In January 2021, the film leaked online, and was uploaded to YouTube by an anonymous user who obtained it through an unknown source. This upload would later be taken down following copyright claims from the BBC,<ref>[https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/29/uk/royal-family-1969-documentary-youtube-scli-gbr-intl/index.html CNN article about the leaking of the documentary.] Retrieved 18 Oct '22</ref> but subsequent reuploads have since been made available, with the full documentary currently being available to view on the Internet Archive. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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|description1 =The color footage that was re-released in 2011. | |description1 =The color footage that was re-released in 2011. | ||
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==External Links== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/royal-family-1969_202101 Full copy of the documentary on the Internet Archive.] | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Family_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1 Wikipedia page for the documentary.] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Found media]] | [[Category:Found media]] | ||
Revision as of 01:46, 4 November 2022
Title card for the documentary.
Status: Found
Date found: Jan 2021
Found by: Anonymous
Royal Family was a 1969 British documentary about Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and the general royal family. For the first time, cameras were allowed to capture conversations and the intimacy of the family in their daily routines and life.
Background
The documentary was shot in 18 months, with a reported total of 43 hours of footage shot for it. It has been known to have aired four times in England; once on BBC One in 1969, once again by the BBC in 1972, and twice on ITV, with a 1969 airing also being known to have taken place in Australia. The documentary has never been shown since due to a request from the royal family itself, who considered that a documentary that portrayed them as normal people was a mistake. Due to its negative reception, hardly any footage of it had been shown or found since.
Availability
At the time, only a very brief black and white preview was available. In 2011, 90 seconds of color footage was broadcast as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. While the original footage and outtakes are still preserved and stored away at an undisclosed location, no further footage was known to have been made available, due to it being protected under Crown Copyright.
In January 2021, the film leaked online, and was uploaded to YouTube by an anonymous user who obtained it through an unknown source. This upload would later be taken down following copyright claims from the BBC,[1] but subsequent reuploads have since been made available, with the full documentary currently being available to view on the Internet Archive.
Gallery
External Links
References
- ↑ CNN article about the leaking of the documentary. Retrieved 18 Oct '22