Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Sweden’s King is 90 Years Old
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King Gustav of Sweden Celebrates 90th Birthday. DESCRIPTION: There were festivities in Stockholm to mark the 90th birthday of King Gustav. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS elevated shot Royal procession over bridge. Ditto. First carriage past has King Gustav with Crown Prince and Crown Princess who has Carl Gustav on her knee. 2nd carriage contains King Frederick, Queen Ingrid and Princess Margrethe of Denmark. 3rd carriage contains Crown Prince Olav. Crown Princess Martha and Prince Harald of Norway. Elevated shots of Royal procession through cheering streets.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Commemorations; Celebrations and festivals
- Locations
- Stockholm
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 50388
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 75
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Sweden’s King is 90 Years Old', British Movietone News Issue No. 994A, 24 Jun 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15173 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)