British Craftsmanship Displayed for Princess

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1066

Date Released

7 Nov 1949

Date submitted

3 Nov 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1British Craftsmanship Displayed for Princess
2. 2Dare-Devil Stunts Above the Seine
3. 3Guy Fawkes Started All This
4. 4Mr Churchill’s Literary Medal
5. 5The Memory of Greatness
6. *Turpin Wins

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Visits the Potteries. DESCRIPTION: Princess Elizabeth recently made a two day tour of the potteries, seeing for herself a great deal of excellent work being done there. The Princess, seen in the Royal Doulton Works at Burslem, showed keen interest in technical details of the many processes involved. SHOTLIST: KS. GR version - Various shots of pottery displayed. Interior - various shots of Princess Elizabeth walking round factory (Doulton’s) inspecting pottery & watching craftsmen & women at work. Princess holds a Prince Charles commemoration mug. SPECIAL - consisted of arrival, exterior raining, drive through cheering crowds, trucking shot, walks towards camera in factory grounds & other shots of her inspecting pottery making.

Local distribution only

Also Special version (217ft).

Keywords

Royalty

Locations

Burslem; Staffordshire

Card file number

52745

Credits:

Camera

Graham T. Thompson

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

72

Story extras:

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