The Great Journey Begins

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1757
Date Released
4 Feb 1963
Date submitted
31 Jan 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Great Journey Begins (Colour). DESCRIPTION: Over ten and a half thousand miles lie between London and Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. It must have been pretty frustrating those bad weather hold ups on the flight. But eventually, the Queen was to reach the starting point of her 30,000 mile tour, from Fiji to New Zealand and Australia. Movietonews will be bringing a record of the whole tour in colour. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS pan - the Queen and party walk to plane. MLS same with plane in background. MCU Newsreel cameramen. MS the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh wave from cabin door. GV crowd. MS flag flying from plane. GV plane takes off.
Keywords
Mass media; Aviation
Locations
London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
85956
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Great Journey Begins', British Movietone News Issue No. 1757, 4 Feb 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24977 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)