Personalities: A Royal Christening

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1301

Date Released

10 May 1954

Date Other

May 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Personalities: Tito’s May Day Parade
2. 2Personalities: Emperor’s Birthday
3. 3Personalities: A Royal Christening
4. 4The Sporting Scene: The Chester Cup
5. 5The Sporting Scene: Bannister Does It
6. 6Royal Tour - Malta
7. *Rugby League Final

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Section Title

Personalities

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Royal Christening. DESCRIPTION: At historic Marienberg Castle, the christening of a great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. The child’s father is the Prince of Hanover. SHOTLIST: Cut story - GV of above castle. Christening of son born to Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein and the Prince of Hanover. Queen Frederika attends, she is sister to the father. Child’s name is Ernst Augst Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Children; Religion and belief

Locations

Marienberg Castle

Footage sources

France

Card file number

60953

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

35

Story extras:

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