Her Majesty Inspect the Bays

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1064
Date Released
24 Oct 1949
Date submitted
20 Oct 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen With the Bays. DESCRIPTION: The Bays stationed at Dale, near Chester, were honoured by a visit from Her Majesty the Queen, who is their Colonel-in-Chief. While there the Queen unveiled a memorial to their fallen of both world wars. SHOTLIST: KS. Queen alights from car & greeted. GV parade, raining. Inspects "Bays" stopping to talk to (silent) some in the ranks. Cut-ins of people watching, including baby in arms. Queen unveils memorial, SCU memorial. Marchpast of the "Bays".
Keywords
Royalty; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Chester; Dale
Card file number
52686
Credits:
Camera
Graham T. Thompson
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Her Majesty Inspect the Bays', British Movietone News Issue No. 1064, 24 Oct 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16008 (Accessed 24 Jun 2025)