Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Princess Margaret’s Quiet Weekend

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1028A
Date Released
17 Feb 1949
Date submitted
15 Feb 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Margaret’s Sussex Weekend. DESCRIPTION: Princess Margaret spends the weekend with the Egerton family and attends Lingfield Races. The following day she attended morning service at Mountfield Church, Sussex. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV Mountfield Court. Ditto. Car enters Lingfield Racecourse, inside is Princess Margaret. GV Lingfield Racecourse. Princess & Tom Egerton in box, watching races. Cut-in of horses taking hurdles, cut-in of Princess Margaret and Egerton. More shots of horses racing. GV Mountfield Church (All Saints) arrival, alights from car, Princess with Commander Egerton, walks up drive to church, followed by Tom Egerton. Cut-in GV of church. Party leaving, car drives off out of camera.
Keywords
Royalty
Locations
Mountfield
Footage sources
Universal
Card file number
51478
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Princess Margaret’s Quiet Weekend', British Movietone News Issue No. 1028A, 17 Feb 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15578 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)