Climax of Royal Tour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1481A
Date Released
24 Oct 1957
Date submitted
23 Oct 1957
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen in Washington & New York. DESCRIPTION: The climax of the Royal Tour and the arrival home of the Queen and Prince Philip at London Airport. SHOTLIST: Shots of the Queen and Mr Dulles arriving at Banquet Hall. The Queen meets Mrs Dulles. Shots of group. Shots of the Queen and Prince Philip arriving at ball game. CU Queen watching game. GV of play and kick off. Shots of the Queen aboard ferry boat. Shots of other ships on the river. CU Queen on ferry. View of the Statue of Liberty. MS decorated ships. GS Manhattan skyline. Shots of the Queen’s procession up Broadway. Shots of buildings with people throwing ticker tape etc. out of windows. MS the Queen arriving at UN Buildings being greeted by Mr Dag Hammarskjold. SCU the Queen making speech. Shots of Assembly applauding. Shots of the Queen at the top of the Empire State Building, looking at the view all over New York. GS New York. (470’) THE QUEEN ARRIVES HOME GV crowds await Royal Aircraft at Airport. Closer aircraft taxiing to a halt. LS gangway pushed to aircraft. MS the Queen Mother, Princess Anne & reception party walk to aircraft. BS entering aircraft. LS crowds waving. LS the Queen & Prince Philip leave aircraft. Closer same. Meet reception party including Mr Macmillan. Different angle same. Same. Crowd cheering. LS the Queen meets air-crew. LS Royal Family leave together. MS royal party walking to car. Crowd. LS Royal family farewells, Queen walks to car. CU the Queen and Princess Anne enter car. Crowd. Car leaves. GV Buckingham Palace & crowds. LS crowds. Closer same. MS darkening, car arrives and enters forecourt. LS flag pole and Palace roof. Closer Royal Standard raised. (685’).
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Aviation; Social events; American football; Scenery and travel
Locations
London; Buckingham Palace; New York; Washington; United States of America; London Heathrow Airport
Footage sources
United States of America
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
71934
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Samuelson
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
455
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Climax of Royal Tour', British Movietone News Issue No. 1481A, 24 Oct 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21992 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)