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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1095A

Date Released

1 Jun 1950

Date submitted

25 May 1950

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Petrol-Free Whit Holiday
• 2. Marines’ Farewell to Chatham
• 3. South Africa Honours Smut
• 4. Holland’s Queen in Paris
• 5. Japanese Princess Weds Commoner
• 6. Walcott Jolts German Champion
• 7. Now Siamese Style
• *Soccer - Scotland’s 1-0 Victory over France
• *Welcome to Overseas Visitors

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Overseas Visitors to Scotland. DESCRIPTION: The Empress of Scotland arrives after completing her maiden voyage on the Clyde-Canada route. SHOTLIST: Empress of Scotland arrives off Greenock. Paddle steamer "Caledonia" leaves ship with overseas visitors. Unloading luggage from tender. American & Canadian tourists landing are greeted with the sound of the pipes. Crowds cheer & banners being waved. Pipes are from the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

Local distribution only

For Scotland only instead of Item 1.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Greenock

Card file number

53802

Credits:

Camera

Alec Tozer

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

95

Story extras:

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