MPX5157036: Press call for Our World, the first live global television link. Broadcast to 26 countries and watched by 400 million, the programme was broadcast via satellite on June 25, 1967. The BBC had commissioned the Beatles to write a song for the UK's contribution. 'All You Need Is Love' a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney was first performed by The Beatles at this event & released as a single the following month. Pictured at Abbey Road Studios 24th June 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157073: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and Pakistan, as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157078: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and Pakistan, as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth. (Picture) General view of the huge crowds in Trafalgar Square, watching Commonwealth troops in the Coronation Procession on their way back from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images