Queen Mother’s Farewell to Black Watch

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1198
Date Released
19 May 1952
Date submitted
15 May 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Queen Mother’s Farewell to Black Watch
  2. 2South Bank Disappearing
  3. 3The American Scene: Fantastic Headgear
  4. 4The American Scene: Ridge Riders
  5. 5The American Scene: New Jet Bomber
  6. 6The American Scene: Korea Rockets
  7. 7The American Scene: New UN Commander
  8. 8General Eisenhower’s Farewell

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother’s Farewell to Black Watch. DESCRIPTION: Visiting the First Battalion, the Black Watch, at Crail Camp, Fife, the Queen Mother (as Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment) posed for Souvenir photographs with Warrant Officers and NCO’s. Her Majesty inspected the battalion before they left for Korea. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU types (line of) Black Watch. Queen arrives, poses with groups of NCOs for photographs. Inspects the troops. Addresses the regiment, talks about how close the Black Watch are to her & her family etc. Three cheers for Queen Mother. Cut-ins types, etc.
Keywords
Royalty; Mass media; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Scotland; Fife; Crail Camp
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
57212
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
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