Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Nation Rejoices in Princess’ Happiness

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1015A
Date Released
18 Nov 1948
Date submitted
14 Nov 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: Don’t Retire
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Enquiry Begins
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Personalities - Monty Gets Busy
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Personalities - Degree for Mrs Roosevelt
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Personalities - Prince Philip and the Sea Cadets
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Nation Rejoices in Princess’ Happiness

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nation Hails New Prince. DESCRIPTION: Great rejoicing has followed the announcement of the birth of a son to Princess Elizabeth. Salutes were fired in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London to welcome the new arrival. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Royal Coat of Arms. GV Buckingham Palace. MS crowds lining the railings (x2). CU Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth. CU Duke. CU Princess. FADE Sir William Gilliat out of Royal College of Surgeons. Doorway of same. CU Gilliat. Nurse Helen Rowe walks through park & sits on seat. CU Nurse Rowe. Shot of Royal Family Tree. FADE CU Queen Victoria’s portrait. GV King Edward VII pheasant shooting (walking across fairly rough country & inspecting pheasant). SCU King George V & Queen Mary in coach during the Jubilee. Royal coach of Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon on their wedding day. GV crowds. George VI & Queen Elizabeth with Queen Mary on balcony on the former’s wedding day. Elevated shots of crowds outside Palace, taken from roof of Palace. Queen Mary, Queen & King on balcony. GV Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret as children walk across stream & up grass verge. CU Princess Elizabeth in ATS uniform saluting. CU Princess Elizabeth sitting side saddle on horseback outside Buckingham Palace gates during Trooping the Colour. Interior Westminster Abbey - wedding procession of Elizabeth & Philip. CU Princess & Duke at wedding (x2). Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery drive through Marble Arch. Kings Troop firing salute in Hyde Park. GV Tower of London. Honourable Artillery Company firing salute, several ships sirens can be heard with guns firing. Outside Home Office, public look at Birth Notice, several shots. Mr Chuter Ede arrives, looks at notice & walks into Home Office. Several shots of flags flying over buildings in London. Selfridges, Bourne & Hollingsworth, Australia House etc. Newspaper vendors sell papers, cartoon of stork carrying a baby with writing HRH is Here. Interior - Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, nurses holding babies born on the same day as new Prince, several shots. Trucking shot outside Westminster Abbey, with bells ringing. GV Westminster Abbey with trees in foreground. Several shots of crowds on railings of Buckingham Palace. Bulletin being fixed to railings. CU Princess Elizabeth making 21st birthday speech. Balcony shot of Palace with King, Queen, Elizabeth, Margaret, Queen Mary & Duke.
Keywords
Royalty; Children
Locations
Buckingham Palace
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
51063
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Montague G. Benson
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
467
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