The Prince of Wales Opens Three Bridges

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

213A

Date Released

3 Jul 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Italian Air Armada in Ireland
2. 2The Prince of Wales Opens Three Bridges
3. 3Al Brown Retains His World Title

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Prince of Wales Opens 3 Thames Bridges. DESCRIPTION: HRH cuts tape across Chiswick, Twickenham and Hampton Court’s new Thames links. SHOTLIST: Aerial of one of the bridges over the Thames. Elevated shot of Chiswick. Close shot of the Prince arriving. Shot cutting the tape over the bridge. People swarm across the bridge with the Prince at the head of same. Gets into car and leaves. Aerial of Twickenham Bridge and tape cut across same. Aerial of Hampton Court Bridge with the Palace at same in background. CU Prince of Wales speaking. Close shot of the tape being cut.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies

Locations

London; River Thames

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2473

Length of story (in feet)

161

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