Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Nation Rejoices in Princess’ Happiness
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nation Hails New Prince. DESCRIPTION: Great rejoicing has followed the announcement of the birth of a son to Princess Elizabeth. Salutes were fired in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London to welcome the new arrival. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Royal Coat of Arms. GV Buckingham Palace. MS crowds lining the railings (x2). CU Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth. CU Duke. CU Princess. FADE Sir William Gilliat out of Royal College of Surgeons. Doorway of same. CU Gilliat. Nurse Helen Rowe walks through park & sits on seat. CU Nurse Rowe. Shot of Royal Family Tree. FADE CU Queen Victoria’s portrait. GV King Edward VII pheasant shooting (walking across fairly rough country & inspecting pheasant). SCU King George V & Queen Mary in coach during the Jubilee. Royal coach of Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon on their wedding day. GV crowds. George VI & Queen Elizabeth with Queen Mary on balcony on the former’s wedding day. Elevated shots of crowds outside Palace, taken from roof of Palace. Queen Mary, Queen & King on balcony. GV Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret as children walk across stream & up grass verge. CU Princess Elizabeth in ATS uniform saluting. CU Princess Elizabeth sitting side saddle on horseback outside Buckingham Palace gates during Trooping the Colour. Interior Westminster Abbey - wedding procession of Elizabeth & Philip. CU Princess & Duke at wedding (x2). Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery drive through Marble Arch. Kings Troop firing salute in Hyde Park. GV Tower of London. Honourable Artillery Company firing salute, several ships sirens can be heard with guns firing. Outside Home Office, public look at Birth Notice, several shots. Mr Chuter Ede arrives, looks at notice & walks into Home Office. Several shots of flags flying over buildings in London. Selfridges, Bourne & Hollingsworth, Australia House etc. Newspaper vendors sell papers, cartoon of stork carrying a baby with writing HRH is Here. Interior - Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, nurses holding babies born on the same day as new Prince, several shots. Trucking shot outside Westminster Abbey, with bells ringing. GV Westminster Abbey with trees in foreground. Several shots of crowds on railings of Buckingham Palace. Bulletin being fixed to railings. CU Princess Elizabeth making 21st birthday speech. Balcony shot of Palace with King, Queen, Elizabeth, Margaret, Queen Mary & Duke.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Children
- Locations
- Buckingham Palace
- Footage sources
- Library
- Card file number
- 51063
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Alec Tozer
- Camera
- David W. Samuelson
- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Montague G. Benson
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 467
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Nation Rejoices in Princess’ Happiness', British Movietone News Issue No. 1015A, 18 Nov 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15434 (Accessed 10 Nov 2025)