Royal Visitors at Film Studios

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1137A
Date Released
22 Mar 1951
Date submitted
19 Mar 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Visitors at Film Studios. DESCRIPTION: Paying a visit to Elstree Studios, the Queen and Princess Margaret spent nearly two hours on the set of the The Magic Box which is to be a Festival of Britain film. The Royal visitors saw the shooting of a scene between Robert Donat and Maria Schell. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS Robert Donat standing on set. GV Queen & Princess Margaret enter set, technicians stand around. Robert Donat shows Princess old camera - Friese-Greene. John Boulting shows Queen double image film. Queen inspects technicolor camera. Several shots all angles of the Queen & PM seated watching shooting of scene. Robert Donat & Maria Schell acting on set. Bouquet handed to Queen, Mr Pratt of the ‘props’. Janette Scott back view, & SV hands Princess Margaret bouquet & talks (silent) to royalty.
Keywords
Royalty; Entertainment and leisure; Industry and manufacture; Cinema; Performing arts
Locations
Elstree
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
55186
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
143
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Royal Visitors at Film Studios', British Movietone News Issue No. 1137A, 22 Mar 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17032 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)