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The Wellcome Collection". The Wellcome Collection. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. The painting shows the pavilions, restaurants, plazas and walkways of the Festival in bright colours, with the rest of London portrayed in muted tones. Homes and Gardens. ( Architects: Bronek Katz and Reginald Vaughan. Theme Conveners: A.Hippisley Coxe and S. D. Cooke.) Historic England. "Monument No.1541497". Research records (formerly PastScape) . Retrieved 13 December 2011.

Several feature films were planned, but only one was completed in time, namely The Magic Box, a biopic concerning pioneer William Friese-Greene, made by Festival Film Productions.

The Museum of London". The Museum of London. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. Henry Grant. "The Skylon in construction". Museum of London. Archived from the original (photo) on 30 July 2013. Crowns had been a circulating coin, and were produced regularly until 1902, the first year of Edward VII's reign. No crowns intended for circulation were issued in George V's or George VI's reign. Reyner Banham, "The Style: 'Flimsy ... Effeminate'?" in Mary Banham and Bevis Hillier, A Tonic to the Nation: The Festival of Britain 1951, London, Thames and Hudson, 1976 ISBN 0-500-01165-6 The selection of Trowell, a Nottinghamshire village in the middle of England, as the Festival Village [64]

The idea of holding the Festival became a party political issue. [7] Although Herbert Morrison said that he did not want the Festival to be seen as a political venture, [80] it became associated with the Labour Party, which had won the 1950 general election, and it was opposed by the Conservative Party. [7] Hugh Casson said that, "Churchill, like the rest of the Tory Party, was against the Festival which they (quite rightly) believed was the advanced guard of socialism." [80] Churchill referred to the forthcoming Festival of Britain as "three-dimensional Socialist propaganda." [7] Keep reading to learn about these different versions, as well as the commemoration behind the coin and what historical relevance it has. Design of the Festival of Britain 1951 Crown Do you have a British Five Shillings coin Festival of Britain Crown (1951)? Here's how to exchange it for cash:

a b ae-pro.com. "Kinross, R., "The Royal Festival hall has regained the thoroughly English lettering of its origins in the Festival of Britain – on one side only", Eye, No.65". Eyemagazine.com . Retrieved 13 December 2011. Forgan, Sophie. "Festivals of science and the two cultures: science, design and display in the Festival of Britain, 1951." British Journal for the History of Science 31#2 (1998): 217–240. online The Northern Ireland exhibition was designed by Willy de Majo and showcased the contributions Northern Ireland was making to post-war industrial recovery. Northern Ireland was well known for its shipbuilding and textile industries in particular. Several images of the South Bank Exhibition can be found on the internet, including many released by The National Archives on the 60th anniversary of the festival. [87] A Festival Council to advise the government was set up under General Lord Ismay. [8] Responsibility for organisation devolved upon the Lord President of the Council, Herbert Morrison, the deputy leader of the Labour Party, who had been London County Council leader. He appointed a Great Exhibition Centenary Committee, consisting of civil servants, who were to define the framework of the Festival and to liaise between government departments and the festival organisation. In March 1948, a Festival Headquarters was set up, which was to be the nucleus of the Festival of Britain Office, a government department with its own budget. [9] Festival projects in Northern Ireland were undertaken by the government of Northern Ireland. [12]

Sea and Ships. ( Architects: Basil Spence and Partners. Theme Conveners: C. Hamilton Ellis and Nigel Clayton. Display Designers: James Holland and Basil Spence.) The Exhibition comprised the Upstream Circuit: "The Land", the Dome of Discovery, the Downstream Circuit: "The People", and other displays. [8] Upstream Circuit: "The Land" [ edit ] Power and Production pavilion interior All images are the property of the British Red Cross Museum and Archives (unless otherwise indicated), and cannot be used without permission. An Exhibition of Sixty Large Paintings commissioned for the Festival of Britain" ("60 Paintings for '51"), Suffolk Galleries, organised by the Arts Council, prize awarded to William Gear; [51]Much of London lay in ruins, and models of redevelopment were needed. The Festival was an attempt to give Britons a feeling of recovery and progress and to promote better-quality design in the rebuilding of British towns and cities. [11] The Festival of Britain described itself as "one united act of national reassessment, and one corporate reaffirmation of faith in the nation's future." [8] Gerald Barry, the Festival Director, described it as "a tonic to the nation". [11]

The Royal Mint issued British Pound coins in 16 different denominations, including this British Five Shillings coin Festival of Britain Crown (1951). They are part of the predecimal and withdrawn Pound Sterling coins series. The Royal Mint started issuing these 0.25 British Pound coins in 1951. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1951. Featherstone, Simon (2009). Featherstone, S., Englishness: Twentieth Century Popular Culture and the Forming of English Identity , 2009, Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748623655 . Retrieved 13 December 2011.The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. George did not think he would be King, but took the throne after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. George VI married Elizabeth (known as the Queen Mother) and the couple were very popular during the war years. George was a heavy smoker and died in 1952 from lung cancer. His wife became knows as " Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother" and lived until30th March 2002 when she was 101.