Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland: The Queen with Her Regiment

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
530A
Date Released
3 Aug 1939
Date submitted
2 Aug 1939
Date submitted
31 Jul 1939
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 12
Section Title
Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen With Queen’s Bays. DESCRIPTION: At Tidworth the Queen presents new Colours to the Queen’s Bays. SHOTLIST: Her Majesty arrives and inspects the tanks, then the Colour is trooped in tanks. The new colours are blessed by the Chaplain General and presented before the Queen makes her speech. Afterwards there is a drive past and HM chats with the wives of soldiers and their children.
Keywords
Royalty; Vehicles; Ceremonies; Military; Religion and belief
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37150
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:

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'Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland: The Queen with Her Regiment', British Movietone News Issue No. 530A, 3 Aug 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10127 (Accessed 23 Jan 2026)