Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The King and Queen in Scotland

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Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
561
Date Released
4 Mar 1940
Date submitted
28 Feb 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Aussie’s Leave-Taking Was Not Hush-Hush
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: New Zealanders View Their Desert Camp
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: They Settle Down to Local Surroundings
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Ancient and Modern in Desert Exercises
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: More Splendours of Old Egypt Revealed
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Finns Exhibit Russia’s "Culture" Weapons
  7. 7Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Mr Sumner Welles Reaches Europe
  8. 8Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The Duchess of Kent Visits the Wvs
  9. 9Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The King and Queen in Scotland

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of Scotland. DESCRIPTION: Their Majesties visit the Naval Dockyard and a nearby Aerodrome. At the John Brown Shipyard on Clydeside they are completely surrounded by enthusiastic workers. SHOTLIST: The King visits a dockyard where he meets men of the Polish Submarine "Orze" at another dockyard he holds an investiture. He visits an aerodrome where he sees Wrens and decorates Squadron Leader Farquar. They go to another dock where they meet merchant skippers and men rescued from the Graf Spee. Then they go to St Andrew’s House and are conducted by John Colville. At the Weir engineering works, they are conducted by Lord Weir round the armament plant. At another factory gun-carriages are inspected. Later at John Brown’s Yard they are greeted with unparalleled enthusiasm.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Weapons; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies; Censorship; Navy; Military; Launchings; Awards and honours
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
38422
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
118
Story extras:
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