His Majesty Opens Royal Tournament

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

259

Date Released

21 May 1934

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1US-To-Rome Flyers Are Down in Ireland
2. 2Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: First snapshot is British champion Len Harvey in training at Windsor for fight with Petersen
3. 3Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Manchukuo - Drive on Bandits
4. 4Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Le Bourget - World’s biggest air liner
5. 5His Majesty Opens Royal Tournament

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HM Opens Royal Tournament. DESCRIPTION: The King visits Olympia to inaugurate magnificent annual spectacle given by fighting services. SHOTLIST: Shot of the King standing on steps and saluting. He and other officers make an inspection. Shots of the navy diving down ropes. Shot of the Royal Horse Artillery entering the arena. The teams canter round with the gun carriages towed behind.

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Weapons; Navy; Animals; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2917

Length of story (in feet)

140

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