Portsmouth - Royal Departure

Series

Series Name: Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

54/29

Date Released

19 Apr 1954

Length of issue (in feet)

762

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

Delightful pictures of Prince Charles and Princess Anne as they board "Britannia", accompanied by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, to begin their voyage to Tobruk where they will be reunited with their parents

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats

Locations

Portsmouth

Footage sources

Gaumont British News
Library

Credits:

Camera: John Campbell Gemmell
Camera: John Corbett
Camera: John Rudkin
Camera: Norman William Roper
Camera: Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon
Camera: William Jordan

Length of story (in feet)

416

Story extras:

Film clip

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