Off on Holiday

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1523
Date Released
11 Aug 1958
Date submitted
8 Aug 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Off on Holiday. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty boarded Britannia at Southampton after travelling from London with Princess Anne. The Princess adopted a serious approach to the start of the holiday as they went aboard the Royal Yacht to meet Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales. The two men of the family had been spending a couple of days together sailing at Cowes. Now they were all to enjoy an eleven day cruise among the Western Isles. SHOTLIST: MS Royal party walk on quay. MS the Queen and Princess Anne board ‘Britannia’. CU lifebelt on same. GV Royal party on deck. Closer same. Same. MS mayor and mayoress wave. MS Royal family wave. LS ‘Britannia’ pulls away.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Local government
Locations
England
Footage sources
France
Card file number
74624
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
56
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Off on Holiday', British Movietone News Issue No. 1523, 11 Aug 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22531 (Accessed 11 May 2025)