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:
Film clip

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