Commonwealth Premiers at Buckingham Palace

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1038
Date Released
25 Apr 1949
Date submitted
21 Apr 1949
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King Receives Dominion Premiers. DESCRIPTION: The King receives the Commonwealth Premiers who are here in London for the important conference to determine the relationship between the nations concerned. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV Buckingham Palace, grounds in foreground. Interior - Pan of premiers with Royal Family - The King, Queen, Princess Margaret, Princess Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh, Duchess of Kent, Duchess of Gloucester. Queen with Pandit Nehru. Several shots of all talking among themselves in small groups. King with a premier walks towards camera. Posed shot - panning of King, Attlee, Mr Senanayake (Ceylon), Mr Lester Pearson (Canada), Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan), Attlee, Mr Chifley (Australia), Dr Daniel Malan (South Africa). Mr Fraser (NZ) & Pandit Nehru (India). SCU of the above.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Conferences; Diplomacy
Locations
Buckingham Palace
Footage sources
Gaumont British News Rota
Card file number
51831
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
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'Commonwealth Premiers at Buckingham Palace', British Movietone News Issue No. 1038, 25 Apr 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15691 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)