Duke Visits Troops by Helicopter
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke Visits Troops By Helicopter. DESCRIPTION: The Duke of Edinburgh recently went to Pirbright Camp in Surrey to visit the Commonwealth troops encamped there. Next day, His Royal Highness helicoptered to Woolwich to inspect Colonial troops. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Punjabis were among troops inspected by Duke at Pirbright. Also Gurkhas. Ceylon’s Coronation Contingent. Papuans. New Zealanders. Duke speaking to various representatives. Royal Canadian Navy. Duke’s helicopter lands at Woolwich to inspect Colonial troops. King’s African Rifles. Malayan troops. Men from Singapore. Colonial Armed Police. Duke inspects all. Into helicopter. Helicopter down over Buckingham Palace. Crowds outside Palace. Pakistan troops take over from Guards. Marching etc.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Buildings and structures; Aviation; Ceremonies; Colonialism; Navy; Military
- Locations
- Buckingham Palace; Woolwich; Pirbright
- Footage sources
- Pathe
Rota
- Card file number
- 59123
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 170
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How to cite this record
'Duke Visits Troops by Helicopter', British Movietone News Issue No. 1252, 1 Jun 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18577 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)