News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: In Memoriam - Queen Maud

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
494A
Date Released
24 Nov 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 11
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Funeral of Queen Maud of Norway. DESCRIPTION: The body of Queen Maud is returned to Norway. SHOTLIST: The body of Queen Maud of Norway leaves the chapel at Marlborough House for its last journey to Norway. Behind the gun-carriage, which is escorted by the Grenadier Guards, ride King Haakon, Prince Olaf, King George VI, King George of Greece & the Duke of Kent. At Portsmouth, the coffin is taken aboard the "Royal Oak" and the King of Norway and Prince Olaf go aboard, but the sailing is delayed on account of the weather.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Death; Funerals
Card file number
34927
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: In Memoriam - Queen Maud', British Movietone News Issue No. 494A, 24 Nov 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9434 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)