The West Greets Royal Couple

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1168A
Date Released
25 Oct 1951
Date submitted
21 Oct 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The West Greets Royal Couple. DESCRIPTION: When Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip reached Calgary in Alberta, there were twenty degrees of frost and it was snowing; their warm welcome, however, notably from Red Indian tribes, must have made up for the cold weather. Later, having driven to the Exhibition Grounds in a stage coach, they saw a Rodeo. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Royal train drives into open station. Duke & Princess alight, snowing slightly. Greeted by Mayor. Indians & squaws dancing. CU Indian. Squaw hands couple a present of Indian shirt for Prince Charles. Duke receives a belt. MS Royal couple in Stage Coach drive on to Exhibition Grounds. Couple alight onto a mat, snowing hard. Rodeo in progress. Couple seated with electric blanket round them. Duke wears a ten-gallon hat. Chuck-waggon race in progress, various shots, still snowing hard. Couple receiving presents for Prince Charles & Princess Anne from children.
Keywords
Royalty; War veterans; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Vehicles; Women; Weather; Railways; Celebrations and festivals; Local government; Fashion and costume; Animal husbandry; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Canada; Calgary
Footage sources
Pathe
Rota
Card file number
56245
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
132
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The West Greets Royal Couple', British Movietone News Issue No. 1168A, 25 Oct 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17434 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)