Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Royal Tour Continues
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour Continued. DESCRIPTION: Their Majesties and Princess Margaret continue their Scottish tour with a visit to Fife. At Cowdenbeath they inspected the National Coal Board’s central workshops. SHOTLIST: CU sign Kirkcaldy. GV 6th/7th Black Watch come to attention. MS King followed by Queen & Princess Margaret out of station. GV King inspects Black Watch. MS Queen, King & Princess all holding umbrellas as they walk to Memorial Gardens (x2). GV Royal car past waving crowds. At Cowdenbeath CU Queen talking to workers at the National Coal Board’s Central Workshops (x2). CU King talking with worker. GV Queen with workers. MS 88 years old William Robertson is presented to the Queen. GV King looking at a bound brochure. Dunfermline - Royal car draws up at Pittencrief Park. GV King, Queen and Princess welcomed by Provost Gellatly on steps of Music Pavilion. GV pan mixed Guard of Honour.
- Local distribution only
- For Scotland only
- Keywords
- Royalty; Mining
- Locations
- Fife
- Footage sources
- Pathe Rota
- Card file number
- 50447
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 252
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Royal Tour Continues', British Movietone News Issue No. 996, 5 Jul 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15191 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)