Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royal Prince Christened

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1019A

Date Released

16 Dec 1948

Date Other

Dec 1948

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Royal Christening. DESCRIPTION: Royal groups at the christening of the month-old Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, son and heir to Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth taken at Buckingham Palace. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Coat of Arms. Mr John Clare (Registrar of Westminster South) out of car. Enters Caxton Hall. CU name Caxton Hall. Interior - Clare sits down & opens register. Pan close up of birth certificate of Prince Charles. Crowds outside Palace. Archbishop of Canterbury walks out of Lambeth Palace. CU Dr Fisher. Fisher enters car. Fisher’s car enters Palace gates. Several Royal cars enter place gates. Mounted police push crowds back. Queen Mary’s car enters Palace. GV Palace. Interior - Archbishop in his robes. CU tilt down of Archbishop. CU Prince Charles. Group - Lady Brabourne, Duke of Edinburgh, King George, David Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Athlone. Princess Victoria, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, Princess Elizabeth holding Prince, Queen Mary & Princess Margaret. CU Queen Mary holding the baby. CU Queen Mary smiling. Group - King, Princess Elizabeth holding baby, Duke of Edinburgh & Queen Elizabeth. CU Prince Charles. CU Queen Elizabeth holding baby. Group - King, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth holding baby. Group - Princess Elizabeth with baby & Duke of Edinburgh. CU Princess Elizabeth. CU Duke of Edinburgh. CU Prince Charles. Nurse Rower enters takes baby Prince from his mother.

Keywords

Royalty; Children; Social events; Religion and belief

Locations

Buckingham Palace

Footage sources

Universal

Card file number

51220

Credits:

Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera: Hilton Craig
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

356

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