Duke Sees Lynmouth Emerging

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1222

Date Released

3 Nov 1952

Date Other

Oct 1952

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke Sees Lynmouth Emerging. DESCRIPTION: During his tour of the West Country, the Duke of Edinburgh visited Lynmouth to see the progress being made in rebuilding the devastated village. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Lynmouth. Library shots of river rushing through flood damaged Lynmouth. Temporary bridge across river. Mark on building shows height flood water. Mix to river flowing on its original course. Shots of progress made in re-construction. D of E walks through, inspecting same, accompanied by Mrs Slater. Chairman of the Council. GV Caravan site. Shots inside laundry. Children at play in play centre. Shots of new bungalows. Duke formally opens first one. Mrs Slater shows Duke postcards of how Lynmouth was originally. CU postcards.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Leeds or Liverpool.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Environment; Ceremonies; Social welfare; Local government; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Card file number

58047

Credits:

Camera: George Richardson
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

194

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