News in Brief: King Hussein’s Naval Visit

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1276

Date Released

16 Nov 1953

Date submitted

12 Nov 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Franco and US Pact
2. 2News in Brief: NATO Flag Ceremony
3. 3News in Brief: King Hussein’s Naval Visit
4. 4News in Brief: Bavarian Festival
5. 5News in Brief: Giant Pipe-Line
6. 6News in Brief: Greek Royalty in Mid-West
7. 7Nehru in Punjab
8. 8Soccer - England V Ireland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King Hussein’s Naval Visit. DESCRIPTION: Young King Hussein of Jordan recently visited the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, Admiral Lord Mountbatten, off Aqaba during a Red Sea Cruise. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. King Hussein comes up on deck of cruiser Glasgow. Salutes and greets Admiral Lord Mountbatten. Makes tour of ship. SCU inspecting crew. King Hussein watches Naval exercise through binoculars. King is transferred by breeches buoy to HMS Surprise. GVs same.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Locations

Red Sea; Aqaba; Gulf of Aqaba

Footage sources

Admiralty

Card file number

60082

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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