The Queen in the Western Isles

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1419A
Date Released
16 Aug 1956
Date Other
Aug 1956
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 11
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of the Western Isles. DESCRIPTION: The crowds who gathered at Barrow in Furness saw Princess Margaret arrive to embark in Britannia. She was accompanying the Queen and the Duke on their tour of the Western Isles. Her Majesty visited the little island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides. SHOTLIST: Shots of the crowds at Barrow in Furness. Princess Margaret arrives and embarks up the gangplank onto the ‘Britannia’. Queen and Duke walking. Queen being presented with a silver cigarette box. Queen and Duke board ‘Britannia’. Various LS of Prince Charles and Princess Anne on board ‘Britannia’. Back shot of crowds waving. Shot of ‘Britannia’. Slip pan. MLS ‘Britannia’ arriving at Iona. Shot of house on Iona and LS of the ‘Britannia’ in the distance. Small boat arriving at Iona. Crowds. Queen disembarking from the boat and is greeted by Sir Charles MacLean of Duart. Queen walking along with Sir Charles. Princess Margaret and Duke following behind. LS of the island. Queen and Duke visiting the ‘Tombs of the Kings’. CU sign. Queen looking at the tombs. CU tombs. Various shots of Maxwell MacLeod presenting small cross to the Queen.
Local distribution only
Long version shown in Scotland (314 ft) shown as Item 5.
Keywords
Royalty
Locations
Scotland; Barrow-in-Furness; Iona
Card file number
67937
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Camera
Robert Turner
Length of story (in feet)
138
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'The Queen in the Western Isles', British Movietone News Issue No. 1419A, 16 Aug 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21113 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)