A Royal Patient

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1557A
Date Released
9 Apr 1959
Date submitted
9 Apr 1959
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Royal Patient. DESCRIPTION: A hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the place chosen by Princess Grace of Monaco for her appendix operation. SHOTLIST: Princess Grace & party (key). Pan - Lausanne. LS building. Pan MS to CU Princess Grace, Prince Rainier & party walking. LS building. MS to CU Prince Rainier in grounds.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Health and medicine
Locations
Switzerland; Lausanne
Footage sources
France
Card file number
76837
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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'A Royal Patient', British Movietone News Issue No. 1557A, 9 Apr 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22959 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)