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The Way to Go Round

A guide to the 1951 Festival of Britain on the South Bank in London

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His Majesty the King

His Majesty the King

Patron of the Festival of Britain

Author Ian CoxPosted on May 1951March 2016Format ImageCategories The Way to Go RoundTags George VI, Patron, The KingLeave a comment on His Majesty the King

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Themes

Downstream Circuit
- The People
Other Downstream Displays
The Way to Go Round
- Advertisers
Upstream Circuit
- The Dome of Discovery
  - Outer Space
  - Polar
  - Sea
  - Sky
  - The Earth
  - The Land
  - The Living World
  - The Physical World
- The Land

Further reading

The Festival of Britain: A Land and Its People by Harriet Atkinson
Beacon for Change: How the 1951 Festival of Britain Shaped the Modern Age by Barry Turner
Festival of Britain: DESIGN 1951 by Paul Rennie
Tonic to the Nation: The Festival of Britain 1951 edited by Mary Banham and Bevis Hillier
The Autobiography of a Nation: The 1951 Festival of Britain (Studies in Design & Material Culture) by Becky E. Conekin

Related viewing

London In Festival Year 1951 [DVD]
The Complete Humphrey Jennings: Volume One, Two, Three [DVD/Blu-ray]
A Day in the Life - Four Portraits of Post-War Britain by John Krish [DVD/Blu-ray]
Land of Promise [DVD]

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1949 1951 advertisement A Hippisley Coxe Arthur Garratt Austin Frazer biology Brian O'Rorke C Hamilton Ellis Commonwealth of Nations communications design Ellis Miles F H K Henrion fishing geology George Williams Hugh Casson Hungerford Railway Bridge hydrography James Cook James Gardner Kenneth Chapman London London County Council minerals Neville Conder Nigel Clayton Patience Clifford pavilions Penrose Angwin research research ships Ronald Sandiford science ships Sonia Withers South Bank sponsorship steam The Exhibition vitamins water weather Wells Coates

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