The Royal Tour Begins

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1568
Date Released
22 Jun 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour Begins. DESCRIPTION: London Airport: the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret came to wish Her Majesty and Prince Philip bon voyage. There were official farewells from the Premier and Ministers and good wishes from the people of Britain for a happy and successful tour. This was the beginning of the greatest tour of Canada ever undertaken by a Sovereign. SHOTLIST: LS Queen and party (key). MS pan - Queen and party walk to plane. Pan - Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Mother & Princess Margaret. BS party walking to Comet. MS Queen and Duke talking to politicians. Crowd waves. MS Queen and Duke wave from plane. LS Comet taxies. MS Princess Margaret and Queen Mother waving. Pan - Comet takes off.
Keywords
Politics and government; Aviation
Locations
England; London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
77471
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Ken Taylor
Length of story (in feet)
93
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Royal Tour Begins', British Movietone News Issue No. 1568, 22 Jun 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23077 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)