Princess Margaret Leaves for Mombasa

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1425
Date Released
24 Sep 1956
Date submitted
21 Sep 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Margaret Leaves for Mombasa. DESCRIPTION: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was at London Airport to see off Princess Margaret when she left for the start of her East African tour. SHOTLIST: Queen Mother and Princess Margaret walking to plane. Princess Margaret talks to Mr Lennox Boyd. Queen Mother and Princess enter plane. Queen Mother leaves aircraft. Princess waves goodbye. Princess at window of aircraft. Aircraft leaves. GV plane taxiing. Plane is a Argonaut called Ajax.
Keywords
Royalty; Aviation
Locations
London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
68306
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Princess Margaret Leaves for Mombasa', British Movietone News Issue No. 1425, 24 Sep 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21215 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)