Royal Tour of Lancashire

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1350
Date Released
18 Apr 1955
Date submitted
14 Apr 1955
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of Lancashire. DESCRIPTION: During their tour of Lancashire, Her Majesty and the Duke received the warmest of welcomes from the people of Lancashire. At the end of the tour, the Queen and the Duke attended a Variety Performance at the Opera House, Blackpool. SHOTLIST: GV of troops on parade. Queen steps down from train. Welcomed by the Lord Derby. Mayor Clegg greets the Queen. Crowds. GV of Lancaster Castle. Receiving the keys from Lord Sefton. Looking at heraldic shields in the Castle. Lord Woolton introducing tenants of the Duchy. Crowds. Queen on the dais with VIPs. Walking off the dais with the Mayor. LS of mounted escort, Royal cars following. CU of police dogs. GV of skid pan demonstration. CU of the Queen and Duke looking on. Inspecting guard of honour at Burnley. Shot of police riding motor cycles taken through the windscreen of the car. Various interiors of a cotton mill. Queen looking at various machines. CU of machines. Opera House, Blackpool. Queen arriving. GV of the Opera House. CU of the Royal Box with the royal party. CU of the Queen in the box. CU of the stage at the finale, Alma Cogan, Margot Fonteyn, Arthur Askey, Eddie Fisher being presented to the Queen and Duke.
Locations
Blackpool; Warrington; Morecambe; Blackburn; Darwen; Burnley; Hutton
Card file number
63291
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Camera
Phil John Turner
Length of story (in feet)
233
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Royal Tour of Lancashire', British Movietone News Issue No. 1350, 18 Apr 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19992 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)