Queen and Duke Tour Flood Areas

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1237A

Date Released

19 Feb 1953

Date submitted

16 Feb 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fifth Round Cup-Tie
2. 2Fifth Round Cup-Tie
3. 3Queen and Duke Tour Flood Areas
4. 4Frigate Raised
5. 5Mrs Churchill Launches HMS Hermes
6. 6Miller Gives Turpin Tough Battle
7. *Coronation Ball
8. *Battle of Flowers
9. *Rugger - Ireland V England

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen & Duke Tour Flooded Areas. DESCRIPTION: The Duke of Edinburgh has again been making flying visits to the flooded areas on England’s East Coast. Her Majesty went to Purfleet and Tilbury during her tour of places in Essex and Kent. Mablethorpe was one of the places visited by the Duke who toured the district, he also spent some time at near-by Sutton. Further South, the Duke had a close look at damage done, and work in progress, on the Suffolk Coast. Much needed sandbags were flown in to Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire from Denmark. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Viking plane at London Airport. Duke boards plane. Plane takes off. Purfleet. People drying out furniture in street. CU white mark on walls of houses showing the water line. Gravesend. Queen leaving house, talking to people. Mablethorpe. Duke inspecting sea wall breaches. Sand-bagging etc. Being assisted with his boots. Duke in small dinghy touring flooded areas. Scandinavian aircraft landing with sand bags - lorries drive away. Martelsham Heath - Various shots of sea breaking over sea wall and esplanade.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Environment; Aviation; Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

Gaumont
British Paramount
Pathe

Card file number

58575

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Camera

Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

239

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