Covent Garden Anniversary

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2136A
Date Released
14 May 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Covent Garden Anniversary. DESCRIPTION: Covent Garden is Britain’s biggest wholesale market for fruit, flowers and vegetables. Special celebrations marked the three hundredth anniversary of the Charter granted by King Charles the Second. The Duke of Edinburgh joins the festivities - among the last before the famous market moves to a new site at Nine Elms, south of the River Thames. SHOTLIST: GV interior pan down Covent Garden. SV ditto with stalls of vegetables & fruit. CU boxes of produce. SV display fruit with words on top. CU pan down boxes of flowers. LV fruit & veg on show. SV exterior Duke of Edinburgh out of car surrounded by crowd. CU girl. SV interior Duke with officials look at display. SV boxes of produce. CU Mr J Da Costa, buyer, with Duke. CU Duke pan to Mr Costa. CU pan two women in period costume. SV pan Duke past stalls & smiles at girls. SV crowds outside market. GV pan balloons. CU Duke smiling & talking. GV crowds & market. SV pan from old fire engine to veteran car. LV crowd. CUs pan man carrying pot of flowers above head. Typical flower girls carrying baskets of flowers. SV Nell Gwyn character with oranges. SV towards & pan King Charles bows to crowd.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Food and cooking; Business and commerce; Horticulture; Celebrations and festivals
Locations
London
Card file number
95918
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Covent Garden Anniversary', British Movietone News Issue No. 2136A, 14 May 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28302 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)