Queen Mother Opens London Museum

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2288
Date Released
9 Apr 1973
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother Opens London Museum. DESCRIPTION: The Queen Mother Opens a new Museum of London, at London Hall. SHOTLIST: SV Museum of London building site pan to road. SV ditto, sign & building in back ground under construction. SV Museum of London under construction. CU sign Barbican. SV Museum of London model. CU ditto, pan up on left Mr Chandler, city architect of Powell & Mollem. CU Sir Mortimer Wheeler. SV pan round model and pan up tallest building on model. SV model pan up Queen Mother walking in. SV workmen from above watching. SV Queen Mother laying cement for foundation stone. SV ditto watching stone being lowered. SV man lowering stone. SCU foundation stone. SV Queen Mother blessing foundation stone. SV guests watching. SV Queen Mother being shown model. SV Museum of London building under construction.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Ireland.
Keywords
History and archaeology; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London Museum
Card file number
98983
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Queen Mother Opens London Museum', British Movietone News Issue No. 2288, 9 Apr 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29841 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)