The Queen Mother in Glasgow

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1318
Date Released
6 Sep 1954
Date submitted
31 Aug 1954
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother Opens Scottish Expedition and at Cathedral. SHOTLIST: Queen Mother alights from car. Greeted by the Lord Provost. Inspection of guard of honour. Crowds. Speech by Queen Mother. Various scenes of the Queen Mother walking round the exhibition. The Queen Mother being presented with silver tea pot. Exterior of Church. Queen Mother arrives at Kelvin Hall. GV of interior. GV of window. Queen Mother and procession inside church. CU of officer pulling the cord. The window being unveiled. Public filing past. Queen Mother looking at the window. Outside the church. Crowds.
Local distribution only
Special for Scotland only instead of items 1 to 4.
Keywords
Royalty; Ceremonies; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Glasgow; Scotland
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
61769
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Charles Elder
Length of story (in feet)
317
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Queen Mother in Glasgow', British Movietone News Issue No. 1318, 6 Sep 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19504 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)