Queen Mother Sees Life-Saver

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1500
Date Released
3 Mar 1958
Date submitted
27 Feb 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother With Lifesavers. DESCRIPTION: One of the Queen Mother’s most enjoyable engagements during her visit to Sydney must have been the water-borne journey in the beautiful harbour. Manly Beach was very much on the royal programme, where the Queen Mother saw the famous life-saving organisation in action. SHOTLIST: LS Destroyer in Sydney Harbour. 2 shots Queen Mother in launch. Back shot launch, followed by yachts and motor boats. LS same. LS life savers parade on beach. 3 shots closer same. GV same. MS Queen Mother & Mr Curlewis on dais. 2 shots skiff race through surf. Crowd. LS skiff race. LS boats with lifesavers ride through surf. CU same. LS crowd. 2 shots boats cruise on rollers. CU Queen Mother and Mr Curlewis.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Competitions; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
72700
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Queen Mother Sees Life-Saver', British Movietone News Issue No. 1500, 3 Mar 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22253 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)