Ramsgate Welcomes Princess Margaret

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1096

Date Released

5 Jun 1950

Date submitted

2 Jun 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ramsgate Welcomes Princess Margaret
2. 2Irene Dunne Presents Film Awards
3. 3Girls to Beware Of
4. 4Trials of New Luxury Destroyer
5. 5Berlin Parade - Russian Style
6. 6Air Drill from the Pilot’s Seat
7. 7Chimps as Circus Stars
8. *Scottish Hydro-Electric Scheme
9. *Rodeo - Chilean Fashion

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ramsgate Welcomes Princess Margaret. DESCRIPTION: Ramsgate was en fete for the first visit paid to the Borough by Princess Margaret. One of the principle items in an extensive programme was the inspection of Ramsgate’s post-war housing estate. SHOTLIST: Princess Margaret receives cheers from crowds lining streets. Inspects housing estate. Speaking (silent) to inhabitants of new houses. On platform, Princess Margaret addresses the crowds on the housing. She plants a tree to commemorate her visit. GV Princess. Cuts tape and names street "Princess Margaret Avenue".

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Royalty; Domestic life

Locations

Ramsgate

Footage sources

Gaumont British News Rota

Card file number

53841

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

122

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive