Royal Tour - The Queen in Tasmania & Melbourne

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1291A
Date Released
4 Mar 1954
Date submitted
20 Feb 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Tour - The Queen in Tasmania & Melbourne
  2. 2Fashions Herald Spring
  3. 3Floods Hit Australia
  4. 4Princess Margaret Visits Ideal Home
  5. 5Sport: Cross-Country Race
  6. 6Sport: Cohen V Kelly
  7. 7Big Evangelist Meeting
  8. *Queen’s V Hearts
  9. *Ireland V Scotland

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour - Tasmania & Melbourne. DESCRIPTION: The Gothic took the royal travellers to Tasmania and in Hobart, the Queen and the Duke received a great welcome. In Melbourne, a vast crowd waited all along the 12-mile route of the Queen’s drive to give the Queen and the Duke a tremendous ovation. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Aerial view of the Gothic. Semi CU view of the Gothic arriving in Tasmania. Queen and Duke on bridge waving. VG. Shots of yachts welcoming the Queen to Hobart Harbour. Various scenes of little craft. Queen and Duke alight and drive in Land Rover through crowds of children. Procession through streets in Hobart. Melbourne - Various scenes of great welcome during drive through Melbourne.
Keywords
Royalty; Ships and boats; Vehicles
Locations
Melbourne; Tasmania
Footage sources
Australia
Cinesound
Card file number
60600
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Phil John Turner
Length of story (in feet)
117
Story extras:
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