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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1351A

Date Released

28 Apr 1955

Date submitted

25 Apr 1955

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Court Circular: The Queen Reviews Scouts
• 2. Court Circular: Queen Mother at Biggin Hill
• 3. Court Circular: Duke with Sea Cadets
• 4. From East to West: Indonesia
• 5. From East to West: Indo-China
• 6. From East to West: Israel
• 7. From East to West: Greece
• 8. From East to West: Sweden
• 9. From East to West: Germany
• 10. From East to West: Italy
• 11. From East to West: Great Britain
• 12. Sir Winston Home
• *Mayor of Coventry in Paris

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 12

Section Title

Court Circular

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother at Biggin Hill. DESCRIPTION: On St George’s Day, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother paid a visit to Biggin Hill airfield. She made the journey by helicopter. SHOTLIST: GV of Queen with pilots. GV of helicopter landing. Queen Mother alights. Queen Mother is presented with red rose. Queen Mother talks to RAF regiment men. Queen Mother talks to RAF pilots.

Keywords

Royalty

Locations

Biggin Hill

Footage sources

Gaumont

Card file number

63389

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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