Princess Margaret in South Wales

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1118

Date Released

6 Nov 1950

Date submitted

2 Nov 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1GBS - A Movietone Tribute
2. 2Assassination Attempt on President Truman
3. 3Guy Fawkes Started All This
4. 4The Bomb - Movietone Present First Pictures of Secret Atomic Experiments Only Now Released
5. *Trailer: National Hospital Service Reserve
6. *Allen Loses Fight Title
7. *Royal Film Performance at Cardiff
8. *Princess Margaret in South Wales

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Margaret Tours South Wales. SHOTLIST: KS. Princess Margaret alights from train, greeted by Lord Mayor. Crowds along street, Princess Margaret walks to tape, presented with pair of scissors, cuts tape. Cut-ins of crowds, policeman walks past small child hiding its view. Princess Margaret walks along newly named road "Kingsway". Interior - walking round toy factory, workers active. Princess receives bouquet. Tours switchgear factory at Blackwood, Monmouthshire. Opens new extension of factory, speaks to some of the workers. Car drives into Abergavenny, interior, inspects nursery, shows children playing with toys etc.

Local distribution only

Special for Cardiff only instead of Item 3.

Keywords

Royalty

Footage sources

Pathe Rota

Card file number

54561

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

197

Story extras:

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