News in Colour: Royal Tour in Australia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2133
Date Released
20 Apr 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour Royal Tour. DESCRIPTION: More highlights of the Royal Tour in Australia. The Queen and Prince Philip arrive in Sydney, closely followed by Prince Charles and Princess Anne. The informality of the tour continues as they all chat with random groups of Australians at the airport, and Princess Anne finds the blustering wind a bit of a headache. All four members of the Royal Family arrive for the Easter Show in an open carriage, to watch a fascinating sequence of displays and ring events. SHOTLIST: CU Queen, Duke leave aircraft, greeted by Sir Paul Hasluck & wife, GV naval guard of honour. W party walk from plane. TV Royals towards crowds. SV Queen stops to chat to woman. SCU Queen walking past crowd. W Prince Charles & Anne down steps, are greeted. GV crowd in rain. SV Charles passing crowds. TV he stops to talk to group. W ditto towards. TV zoom, from Anne to GV W Anne with wind blowing her hat. Charles & Anne into car. GV 2 shots Royal coach enters stadium. W horse guards. SV Queen & Duke walk to dais, TV Queen and Duke ditto. SV kids waving. GV Royals seated. LV wood chopping (3 shots). GV horse jumping (2 shots). SV crowd. GV grand parade. W ditto horses. GV pan cattle.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Weather; Aviation; Celebrations and festivals; Horses; Ceremonies; Navy; Animals; Military
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
95792
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
264
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News in Colour: Royal Tour in Australia', British Movietone News Issue No. 2133, 20 Apr 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28268 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)