Court Circular: The Queen Reviews Scouts

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1456A
Date Released
2 May 1957
Date submitted
29 Apr 1957
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 9
Section Title
Court Circular
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen Reviews Scouts. DESCRIPTION: At Windsor Castle, over a thousand Queen’s Scouts took part in the St George’s Day Parade. Her Majesty inspected representatives of the great Scouting movement, many of them from the Dominions and Colonies. The Duke of Edinburgh was very interested in one of the Scout’s badges. Watching from a window with her brother and her Aunt, Princess Anne was clearly inspired by the martial music. SHOTLIST: High angle shots of scouts. SCU Queen shaking hands. Talking to scouts. Duke talking to one scout. Disabled scouts. Close ups. Royal children at window. Princess Anne jigging to the music. Prince Margaret also at the window. March past.
Keywords
Royalty; Organisations; Youth
Locations
Windsor
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
70529
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Court Circular: The Queen Reviews Scouts', British Movietone News Issue No. 1456A, 2 May 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21647 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)