With the Queen in Australia (Colour)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1762A
Date Released
14 Mar 1963
Date submitted
7 Mar 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: With the Queen in Australia (Colour). DESCRIPTION: Eighteen miles up the Brisbane River lies Brisbane itself. A city of more than 600,000 and capital of Queensland - Australia’s second largest state. The official welcome took place at the City Hall, where a large crowd gathered to see the Queen and Prince Philip arrive. The young people, 45,000 of ‘em this time, had their chance to welcome the Royal Visitors at this City’s Exhibition Ground. It was one of the most enthusiastic and colourful of all the many welcomes so far. Apart from meeting the people, they met those other attractive inhabitants, the koalas. Here, the Queen had a chat with Mrs Melba Saunders, an official in the State Native Affairs Department. The koala is synonymous with Australia’s bushland, and the Royal Visitors would be seeing plenty of that, after they left Brisbane. SHOTLIST: Key scene (fade in). AS Brisbane. Britannia moving up Brisbane River (6 shots). Pan down crowds in street. GV crowds. MS pan Queen and Duke in car with horse guards. GV City’s exhibition ground, crowds wave to Queen and Duke (2 shots). GV crowds waving. Queen and Duke in car waving (2 shots). GV stadium. GV Queen and Duke in car waving. GV crowds waving. LS Queen and Duke in car waving. GV crowds in stadium. CU koala bears. MS official showing koala bear to Queen and Duke. CU Queen. MS Queen and Duke with koala bear. MS man holding same, Queen talking to Mrs Melba Saunders (of the State Native Affairs Department) (2 shots). MS man holding koala bear. Queen and Duke talking to man with bear (2 shots). MS koala bear in tree - pan to Queen. CU koala bear in tree. AS Brisbane.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Local government; Animals
Locations
Australia; Brisbane
Card file number
86217
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Mark McDonald
Length of story (in feet)
239
Story extras:
Film clip

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'With the Queen in Australia (Colour)', British Movietone News Issue No. 1762A, 14 Mar 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25024 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)