Chelsea Flower Show

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2452
Date Released
30 May 1976
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chelsea Flower Show. DESCRIPTION: That mecca of the horticultural world, the Chelsea Flower Show was held for the fifty-fifth time. Star of this year’s show was the ‘ROSA PERSICA’ the rare wild rose from Iran, it is the first time it has been successfully grown in this country. SHOTLIST: SV into focus, pull back carnations to GV flowers. SV pan roses. CU pink roses. Roses. SV pan azaleas. CU azaleas. LV Princess Margaret looking at flowers. SCU Princess Margaret. CU pan down begonias. SCU Princess Margaret. LV tulips site 74. CU tulips. SV Princess Alexandra looking at flowers. CU Floralies Orchid. SV orchids. CU Phillip Stephan Orchid. CU track back, water wheel. SV Queen Mother. CU Lilium Cinnabar. Pull focus. SV lilies. SV track into CU lily. SV Godfrey Winn Roses. SV Harry Wheatcroft smelling rose. CU ditto. SV Queen Mother looking at Rosa Persia, most expensive rose (see newspaper clippings). SV Rosa Persia. CU ditto, SV ditto.
Keywords
Royalty; Horticulture; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London
Card file number
76/95
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
188
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Chelsea Flower Show', British Movietone News Issue No. 2452, 30 May 1976. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30825 (Accessed 15 Jun 2025)