Queen Mother & Princess Home from Rhodesia

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1259

Date Released

20 Jul 1953

Date submitted

17 Jul 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1New Air Attache for Brussels
2. 2Everest Heroes at Garden Party
3. 3Queen Mother & Princess Home from Rhodesia
4. 4Coronation Review of the RAF

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother & Princess Home From Rhodesia. DESCRIPTION: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were at London Airport to meet the Royal Comet, which arrived exactly on time. They went aboard to offer their personal greetings to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Comet taxies in. Ditto. Queen & Duke of Edinburgh walk across aerodrome. Board the Comet. Royal Family alight led by Queen Mother. QM & Princess Margaret shake hands with friends also with the crew of the Comet. Royal cars drive off.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Aviation

Locations

London Heathrow Airport

Card file number

59411

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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