Queen and Prince - City Visit

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1121

Date Released

27 Nov 1950

Date submitted

23 Nov 1950

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen & Prince - City Visit. Queen Juliana Continues State Visit. DESCRIPTION: On the second day of Queen Juliana’s visit, she drove with Prince Bernhard along three miles of London streets to the City. The Queen and her Consort were on their way to the Guildhall, where they were to be guests of honour at a luncheon given by the City Corporation. In the afternoon, the Queen visited the site of the new Dutch Reformed Church in Austin Friars. In the evening Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard entertained our Royal Family and many distinguished guests to a dinner at Claridges. SHOTLIST: KS. CU Dutch Royal Coat of Arms. Elevated GV Royal procession coming through Admiralty Arch. MS ditto. Pan across Trafalgar Square. SCU Juliana & Bernhard pass camera. Into Strand - out of camera. Down Fleet Street, into camera & under camera at Ludgate Circus. Landau arrives at Guildhall, Juliana alights greeted by Lord Mayor, Bernhard walks behind Juliana & brushes back of her coat. GV Library of the Guildhall. CU Duke & Duchess of Gloucester. CU Mr & Mrs Attlee. CU Field Marshal Montgomery & Aneurin Bevan, Sir Gerald Dodson, the record, back to camera reads Civic Scroll to Juliana. MS Lord Mayor presents Scroll to Juliana. Cut-in crowds watching include Bevan & Strachey. Juliana reciprocates hands LM an album. MS of both conversing between themselves. Juliana before presenting address the Lord Mayor. Mix to Grand Hall (Banquet Hall). Elevated GV guests seated. CU Juliana addressing & SCU of her. Elevated MS of ditto. Applause at end. CU Juliana with glass in hand with the sound of the toast master shouting the toast. Fade. GV Juliana at Austin Friars, Dutch Church. Juliana inspects mallet with her daughter used for laying foundation stone. Library - Princess Irene laying stone, hitting same with mallet, Prince Bernhard looks on. Juliana singing "Mijn Nederland" with the crowds, Bernhard standing behind Juliana. Fade, Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard & Dutch Ambassador arrive (interior) Claridges. CU of Juliana & Bernhard passing camera. Mr & Mrs Attlee arrive. Interior - Mr & Mrs Churchill arrive, past camera. Princess Elizabeth arrives with Princess Royal walking behind. CU Princess Elizabeth. GV of the banquet table already. Various shots of the table settings. CU of decorations. Tilt up of candelabra. Footman looks through curtain. King & Queen arrive, Princess Margaret follows them, greeted by Queen Juliana & Prince Bernhard. Cut-in close-up of Princess Margaret. Finish of MS greetings being exchanged with royal party.

Keywords

Royalty

Locations

London

Footage sources

British Paramount News
Pathe Rota
Polygoon

Card file number

54647

Credits:

Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: George Richardson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera: Hilton Craig
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Montague G. Benson
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

429

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