Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Cruiser Visited by Holland’s Queen

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
612
Date Released
24 Feb 1941
Date submitted
20 Feb 1941
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dutch Queen at Cruiser Commissioning. DESCRIPTION: Queen Wilhelmina visits the new Dutch cruiser "Jacob van Heemskerck". SHOTLIST: Queen Wilhelmina goes aboard the "Jacob van Heemskerk". Here she makes a speech in Dutch after the Captain has welcomed her. Then two lots of three cheers are given, Her Majesty leads one of them.
Keywords
Royalty; Ships and boats; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Rota
Card file number
40416
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
33
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Cruiser Visited by Holland’s Queen', British Movietone News Issue No. 612, 24 Feb 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11485 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)