Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Queen Wilhelmina’s Gift of Horses
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dutch Gift of Horses for the King. DESCRIPTION: At Buckingham Palace, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, presents the King with thirty black horses and two of six greys. The gift is from the Dutch government to commemorate the liberation of Holland. SHOTLIST: KS GV Buckingham Palace. 30 black and 6 grey horses on their way to the Palace. Horses being led round the quadrangle of the Palace. Queen Wilhelmina with King, Queen, Queen Mary, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret inspect horses. Various shots of horses. Groups shots of Queen Wilhelmina and Royal family. Horses parade in quadrangle.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Awards and honours
- Locations
- Buckingham Palace
- Footage sources
- Universal
- Card file number
- 47291
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 68
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Queen Wilhelmina’s Gift of Horses', British Movietone News Issue No. 896, 5 Aug 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13966 (Accessed 10 Nov 2025)