The Royal Nigerian Tour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1393
Date Released
13 Feb 1956
Date submitted
10 Feb 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Nigerian Tour. DESCRIPTION: On the Durbar ground at Kaduna, a model village faithfully reproduced the every day life of the people of the Northern Region. The Queen was delighted by the typical game being played by a cheerful bunch of youngsters. Meanwhile the Duke inspected the products of village industries. Later, the Duke visited an open cast tin mine near Jos. In the Eastern Region at Enugu, the Queen and the Duke watched a performance of traditional dancing. SHOTLIST: Various women on ground. Children playing games. Duke watches extracting grain. Duke at village. Tin mines near Jos. Horses. Long shot of jet. Close up of jet. Government House. Knight Sir Francis Ibiam, KBE. CU of dancers. Queen watching dancers. Queen watching, clapping. Dancers. Single file past dancers feathers on heads. Mary Osmonde OBE.
Keywords
Royalty; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Industry and manufacture; Mining
Locations
Nigeria
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
65965
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
216
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Royal Nigerian Tour', British Movietone News Issue No. 1393, 13 Feb 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20724 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)