Overseas to Sunshine

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1749
Date Released
10 Dec 1962
Date submitted
5 Dec 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Overseas to Sunshine. DESCRIPTION: Southampton and the last outward-bound voyage of a troopship from the UK. The Oxfordshire’s taking the 1st Battalion the Duke of Edinburgh’s Regiment to Malta. Four panther skins and a tiger skin were presented by the Indian High Commissioner in London, on behalf of Mr Nehru. They will be worn on ceremonial occasions by the Corps of the Drums. Quite a number of their families are going with the 400 officers and men of the battalion. In Cyprus, officer cadets from Sandhurst are on an eleven day toughening-up course. And among them Prince Michael. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Oxfordshire. CU name plate of Oxfordshire. GV men on ship’s deck, leopard skins (3 shots). Soldiers wearing leopard skins (2 shots). GV band playing on deck. MCU soldier with wife and child. MLS soldiers wave from ship. MLS crowds waving. GV Oxfordshire leaving harbour. MS band playing on shore. MS crowds waving. LS ship leaves harbour. GV Cyprus mountains. Troops through streets (3 shots). Troops in field exercising (4 shots). Troops run to bushes and start firing (3 shots). Soldiers drinking and boiling water (3 shots). CU Prince Michael of Kent drinking water.
Keywords
Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Southampton; Cyprus
Card file number
85607
Credits:
Camera
Felix M. Yiaxis
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
183
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Overseas to Sunshine', British Movietone News Issue No. 1749, 10 Dec 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24915 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)