Royal Visit to Oil Refinery

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1349
Date Released
11 Apr 1955
Date submitted
6 Apr 1955
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Visit to Kent Oil Refinery. DESCRIPTION: The Kent Oil Refinery on the Isle of Grain, owned and operated by the British Petroleum Company was recently visited by the Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh. SHOTLIST: GV of the refinery. Shots of the refinery. Royal car arriving. CU of Queen and party. GV of the Queen walking round. GVs of the Queen looking at various parts of the refinery. Laboratory. CU of the Duke and Queen. GV of a tanker. Queen goes aboard. Queen leaves. CU of the Duke.
Keywords
Royalty; Industry and manufacture
Locations
Kent; Grain
Card file number
63264
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Peter Brown
Camera
Robert Turner
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Royal Visit to Oil Refinery', British Movietone News Issue No. 1349, 11 Apr 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19975 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)