The Duke’s Visits to Canberra and Victoria’s Shrine

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

289

Date Released

17 Dec 1934

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone News Paragraphs: London/Southampton - Holiday festivities
2. 2Movietone News Paragraphs: Chicago - Baer meets Baer
3. 3Movietone News Paragraphs: London - Scott and Black
4. 4The Duke’s Visits to Canberra and Victoria’s Shrine

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke Visits Canberra and Victoria’s Shrine. SHOTLIST: Elevated shot of the gathering and car arriving. The Duke with the Governor General and Lady Isaacs walks past camera saluting. He is greeted by the Prime Minister and Mrs Lyons. Entrance to Parliament House. Aerial of Melbourne Shrine and ground shot of crowd approaching shrine of remembrance. Shot of the large crowd at the memorial singing and individual shots of the crowd. One man weeps. Men in hospital beds are seen in one group. The Duke mounts steps to dedicate the memorial. CU of the Duke speaking. Shot of the top of the memorial and doves being released.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Health and medicine; Birds; Animals

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3330

Length of story (in feet)

221

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