The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 1959
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A short video clip of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm, 10 December 1959. Members of the Royal family are seated in the Concert Hall: Princess Margaretha, Prince Wilhelm, Queen Louise, King Gustaf VI Adolf, Princesses Sibylla and Desirée. The Nobel Laureates enter the hall: Nobel Laureates in Physics Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Severo Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg, and Nobel Laureate in Literature Salvatore Quasimodo. Salvatore Quasimodo receives his Nobel Prize from His Majesty the King.
From Aktuellt 1959-12-10.
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