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Palace Investiture for Noted Sportsmen

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1256A
Date Released
2 Jul 1953
Date submitted
30 Jun 1953
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Queen Mother & Princess off to Africa
  2. 2Cinemascope Comes to London
  3. 3Palace Investiture for Noted Sportsmen
  4. 4Nepal and India Greet Everest Victors
  5. 5Lord’s Test - Final Scenes
  6. *Northumberland Plate
  7. *Royal Scottish Tour Continued

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Palace Investiture for Noted Sportsmen. DESCRIPTION: Among the many people attending the Investiture at Buckingham Palace, were Sir Jack Hobbs and Sir Gordon Richards, whose Knighthoods were announced in the Coronation Honours list. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV palace. People arriving in forecourt. Queuing up. MS Hamish Hughes with his mother. Leaving David Griffiths, John Guilgud with mother. Jack Hobbs with wife. Gordon Richards and wife.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Children; Business and commerce; Performing arts; Awards and honours
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
59327
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:

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