Royal Tour of the South Bank Exhibition

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1144
Date Released
7 May 1951
Date submitted
4 May 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone Presents its Record of a Great National Occasion: The Opening of the Festival of Britain
  2. 2Royal Tour of the South Bank Exhibition
  3. *The Cup Returns to Newcastle

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King & Queen Inspect South Bank Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: The following day the King and Queen, together with members of the Royal Family toured the Exhibition site. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV South Bank from Embankment. Arrivals of King & Queen at the above. Greeted by Attlee & Mr Churchill. Shots of them touring the Exhibition. Commissioner wheels Queen Mary in wheelchair. GVs of exhibition. Inside - shots of the Dome of Discovery. Queen Elizabeth looks at railway advancement. Touring exhibition - raining. Royal Family going up escalator, also coming down. King & Queen in f/g behind is Princess Margaret as Queen mary pats her on the back affectionately. Various interior shots of models etc. Pouring rain scenes. Danny Kaye looks through camera with Paul Wyand beside him. CU of model sun. Various shots of items displayed in exhibition. MS Lion & Unicorn. GV of sectional parts of liner, whaler & tanker. Night shots of bonfire near St Paul’s which can be seen in background. Very good shots of bonfire & St Paul’s - night material. Night shots of the illuminated Festival (South Bank) of Britain. Illuminated Skylon. Finish on GV of illuminated South Bank.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Weather; Railways; Fires; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Performing arts; Exhibitions and shows
Footage sources
Gaumont
Rota
Card file number
55421
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
251
Story extras:
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