King’s Colour for RAF

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1147
Date Released
28 May 1951
Date submitted
25 May 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King’s Colour for RAF. DESCRIPTION: On her 84th birthday Queen Mary joined members of her family in Hyde Park to watch Princess Elizabeth present he King’s Colour to the Royal Air Force. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU RAF Emblem. GV parade. Queen Mary arrives - SCU. Arrival of Queen & Princesses. On dais - GV of Royal Family. Vampires & Meteors fly past in formation. Princess Elizabeth in Land Rover, drives along ranks inspecting personnel, also women. Princess presents King’s Colour, raining. MS RAF standing at ease. Princess Elizabeth with umbrella held over her reading King’s message to RAF. Raining very hard, cut-ins RAF commands during speech. Various GVs of the parade, in pouring rain.
Keywords
Royalty; Vehicles; Displays; Weather; Aviation; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
London; Hyde Park
Card file number
55514
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
185
Story extras:
Film clip

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'King’s Colour for RAF', British Movietone News Issue No. 1147, 28 May 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17154 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)