Victoria - The Royal Tour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1293A
Date Released
18 Mar 1954
Date submitted
9 Mar 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Adenauer in Greece
  2. 2Canadian Premier Visits Korea
  3. 3The Flat Opens
  4. 4'Varsity Crews on Tideway
  5. 5Pirie Wins Again
  6. 6Victoria - The Royal Tour
  7. *Princess Margaret’s Visit

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
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Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour. DESCRIPTION: One of the interesting places visited by the Queen and the Duke recently was the open-cast mine at Yallourn. At Government House, Melbourne, the Duke of Edinburgh received a cheque for £12,000 from Sir Clive McPherson, Chairman of the Cutty Sark Appeal in Victoria for the Fund of which the Duke is Patron. At O’Shannassy, a most attractive chalet was put at the disposal of the Royal visitors for a two-day rest from official duties. One of the final Royal engagements in Melbourne, was to meet tens of thousands of children. SHOTLIST: At Yallourn famous Brown Coalfields. Queen and Duke looking at huge field being played with water to prevent fire. Various shots of Queen and Duke also on Coalfield. The Yallourn coalfield covers 30 square miles and contains about 6,000 million tons of coal. Good shots of the Queen. Wipe. Melbourne - At Government House Duke receives cheque for £12,000 from Sir Clive McPherson for the Cutty Sark appeal. Shots of the famous Windjammer. Shots of name on her bough. Riggings etc. Royal Train - CU engine driver. Speeding through countryside. Various shots of people waving from little stations. Queen and Duke on platform talking to officials. Royal train moves off. Mix. Queen and Duke at the chalet at O’Shannassy for two day rest. Various shots of them walking in the garden together. CU various shots of Koala bears. One climbing tree, another mother with baby on back. Mix. Thousands of children doing marching on field in Melbourne. Hundreds of children doing the Maypole dance, with long streamers. Long shots of children making the welcome on grass. Excellent shots. Queen and Duke in Land Rover through children, break through lines and crowd round car. Duke has to direct them out of the way in order to move along.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Music and dance; Vehicles; Railways; Fundraising; Industry and manufacture; Mining; Social welfare; Animals
Locations
Victoria
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
60671
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Phil John Turner
Length of story (in feet)
230
Story extras:
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