The Queen’s Holiday

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1397A
Date Released
15 Mar 1956
Date submitted
12 Mar 1956
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Leaves for Corsica. DESCRIPTION: Awaiting the Queen’s arrival in Corsica, the Royal Yacht Britannia, aboard which the Duke of Edinburgh had been attending Fleet manoeuvres, our Sovereign began her Mediterranean holiday with the Duke. After a brief stay at Ajaccio, the Queen and the Duke with Princess Alexandra, went out to board Britannia for a week’s cruise. SHOTLIST: Shots of the harbour. Various shots of Britannia. Shots of statues. MCU statue of Napoleon. Royal plane taxies down runway. Queen alights, followed by the Duke and being greeted. Various shots of guard of honour. Queen walking. Duke walking. Queen walking. (Princess Alexandra seen in the background greeting people). Queen and Duke board boat. CU flags flying. Queen, Duke and Princess Alexandra on board boat. Shots boat moving out of the harbour. MCU flag flying on Britannia. CU the Royal crest on Britannia. LS Britannia.
Keywords
Royalty; Ships and boats
Locations
Corsica; Malta
Footage sources
France
Card file number
66246
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Queen’s Holiday', British Movietone News Issue No. 1397A, 15 Mar 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20807 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)