The Queen in West Africa (In Colour)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1694A
Date Released
23 Nov 1961
Date Other
Nov 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen in West Africa (Colour). DESCRIPTION: The Volta River is destined to play a most important part in the future economy of Ghana. Dredging and other work has already started at the site of the dam for the great Volta project. It’s a place called Akosombo, and a visit there was naturally on the Queen’s programme. The Accra Turf Club also featured in the royal engagements. It was a dressy occasion, for everyone knew the Queen and Prince Philip were coming. A beautiful bouquet was presented to Her Majesty who then proceeded to the paddock for a look at the runners in the big race of the day. She presented the Cup, the Queen Elizabeth Cup, to be raced for annually. In the evening, at the State House, Accra, the Queen, partnered by President Nkrumah, started the ball High Life, and there was a special display of fireworks in the Queen’s honour. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV river. LS river (3 shots). MS guard. MS the Queen. GV river. MS the Queen. CU model of dam. MS the Queen. MS ditto. GV Turf Club. MLS stand at race course. MS ditto. MCU women. GV guards. GV flag. MS Queen. MS Queen receives bouquet. GV runners. MLS Queen. MS crowd. MS the Queen. MS Jockey. MS Queen. GV Jockeys. GV crowd. GV race in progress. GV the Queen. GV races. MCU Queen presents cup. GV night club. MS the Queen with President Nkrumah dancing. GV dancing. MS ditto. CU woman’s legs. MCU woman. MCU man dancing. GV dancing. GV lights. Various shots of firework display.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Social events
Locations
Accra; Ghana; Akosombo
Card file number
83490
Credits:
Camera
Len Waldorf
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
321
Story extras:
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'The Queen in West Africa (In Colour)', British Movietone News Issue No. 1694A, 23 Nov 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24373 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)