Queen Mother & Princess off to Africa

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1256A
Date Released
2 Jul 1953
Date submitted
30 Jun 1953
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother & Princess Off to Africa. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were at London Airport to see Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret leave by Comet for their visit to Southern Rhodesia. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Queen and Duke walk across aerodrome. (Title fades). Followed by Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. Latter two say goodbye to Oliver Lyttelton and Whitney Straight. Boarding plane. Queen and Duke walk away from plane. On roof of airport. Comet taxies. Queen Mother & Princess Margaret wave from windows. Cut-ins of Queen & Duke waving back.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Newcastle or Scotland.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Aviation
Locations
London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
59328
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Queen Mother & Princess off to Africa', British Movietone News Issue No. 1256A, 2 Jul 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18604 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)