Kew Gardens Celebrate

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1566
Date Released
8 Jun 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kew Gardens Celebrate. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, now celebrating their two hundredth birthday, are one of the most delightful of London attractions. Developed over the years from a private garden, they now cover over 300 acres, and include a number of hot-houses. The largest of these is the tropical Palm House, and Her Majesty walked round it, when she attended a garden party held to mark the bicentenary. She also made an extensive tour of the gardens and accepted a bouquet. SHOTLIST: CU flowers. LS pagoda. Closer same. Semi GV gardens. MS flower beds. TS same. MS ducks. Closer same. MS building. GV palm house. Another same. Closer same. Interior Queen looking at flowers. Longer shot same. MS same. MS Queen receives bouquet from Sally Brown. . Closer looking at same.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Children; Horticulture; Celebrations and festivals; Social events; Birds; Animals
Locations
Kew Gardens; England
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
77352
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Kew Gardens Celebrate', British Movietone News Issue No. 1566, 8 Jun 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23056 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)