Royal Tour - Uganda to Tobruk

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1300A

Date Released

6 May 1954

Date submitted

May 1954

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour - Entebbe, Uganda & Tobruk. DESCRIPTION: One of the chief engagements of the Queen in Uganda was to open the £22,000,000 Owen Falls hydro-electric scheme. In Tobruk, Her Majesty and the Duke visited the British war cemetery where the royal wreath was laid at the Stone of Remembrance. SHOTLIST: GV Owen Falls Dam. Hydro Electric Scheme. Queen & Duke arrive at Entebbe and are welcomed by the Sultan of Zanzibar and wife. Queen and Duke drive to dam. Very good shots of dam. Lorry drives through desert to Tobruk. Scenes in the town of Tobruk. British War Cemetery. Flashes of the various regiments on wall. GV Britannia at anchor. Queen and Duke visit British graves accompanied by Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith. Various shots of cemetery. Along desert road - Cyrenaiva Camel Corps keep guard. Guarding Palace - Queen, Duke and King Idris of Libya together on balcony. GV three.

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Ceremonies; Engineering; Military

Locations

Rhodesia

Footage sources

Rota

Card file number

60931

Credits:

Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

165

Story extras:

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