London Greets Queen Mother

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1502A
Date Released
20 Mar 1958
Date submitted
18 Mar 1958
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother at Guildhall. DESCRIPTION: At a reception in Guildhall the Queen Mother was escorted by the Lord Mayor, Sir Denis Truscott. It was the City of London’s welcome. Eight hundred guests (and Princess Margaret, who accompanied her mother) were present, to hear her speech of her Commonwealth tour. SHOTLIST: GV Guildhall. CU statues Gog & Magog. MS Queen Mother & Mayor walk to dais. LS procession walks to dais. MS Queen Mother & Mayor onto dais. MS Princess Margaret, GV Queen Mother & Mayor of dais. MS Queen Mother speaks. Crowd. MS Queen Mother speaks. GV during speech. CU Queen Mother finishes speech.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Local government
Locations
Guildhall; London; England
Card file number
73150
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Soundman
George E. Collings
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
209
Story extras:
Film clip

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'London Greets Queen Mother', British Movietone News Issue No. 1502A, 20 Mar 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22282 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)