Their Majesties Visit Festival Site

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1091A
Date Released
4 May 1950
Date submitted
4 May 1950
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Visit to Festival of Britain Site. DESCRIPTION: The site of the 1951 Festival of Britain begins to take shape. Their Majesties, inspecting progress with Mr Morrison and others, made a prolonged tour of the South Bank area, where the exhibition is to be held. SHOTLIST: KS. Pan of Festival site. Several shots of the building under progress on the site (South Bank - Waterloo Bridge). Festival Hall and Dome of Discovery under construction. Their Majesties with Mr Morrison inspect same. Various shots of models of the finished buildings. King & Queen chat (silent) with workmen. Party walk round also includes Mr Anthony Eden & Clement Davies. King & Queen look at model of exhibition.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London
Footage sources
Gaumont British News Rota
Card file number
53658
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Their Majesties Visit Festival Site', British Movietone News Issue No. 1091A, 4 May 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16370 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)