The Queen Leaves Australia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1297
Date Released
12 Apr 1954
Date submitted
1 Apr 1954
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour - Queen Leaves Australia. DESCRIPTION: The final scenes of the Royal Tour of Australia were enacted at Freemantle. His Excellency the Governor General, with Lady Slim and the Premier and Mrs Menzies said their farewells to the Royal travellers before they boarded the Gothic. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Queen and Duke arrive and are greeted by the Governor General and Lady Slim. Inspects Naval Guard of Honour. Shot of Queen saying goodbye to Mr Menzies and his wife and also to Field Marshal Slim and his wife. Queen and Duke board Gothic up gangway. CU Queen waving. CU Duke. GV of both of waving farewells. People on dock waving. Gothic pulls out. GV of Gothic escorted by small ships.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Locations
Freemantle
Footage sources
Australia
Movietone
Card file number
60795
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Queen Leaves Australia', British Movietone News Issue No. 1297, 12 Apr 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19155 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)