Swedish State Visit

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1308A
Date Released
1 Jul 1954
Date submitted
28 Jun 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1France’s Big Turf Day
  2. 2Sir Winston in Washington
  3. 3Chou En-Lai Meets Nehru
  4. 4Guatemala Upheaval (First Pictures)
  5. 5Swedish State Visit
  6. *Leeds Children’s Day
  7. *Queen Mother at Dumfries Show

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King & Queen of Sweden State Visit. DESCRIPTION: It was the Swedish Cruiser Tre Kronor that brought the King and Queen of Sweden up the Thames to Greenwich. Here, Their Majesties were met by the Duke of Edinburgh who accompanied them along the Thames to Westminster. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and other members of the Royal Family were waiting to greet them on arrival before driving to Buckingham Palace. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Stern view of ship’s flag. King of Sweden saluting & shaking hands with Duke of Edinburgh. Duke greeting Queen Louise. HMS Tre Kronor laying off Greenwich with Naval College in background. GV of river with royal barge in background. Shot of barge coming from under Waterloo Bridge at several angles. King being greeted by Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother & Princess Margaret. King inspecting Guard of Honour. CU of Queen Louise, Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth & Princess Margaret. (Movement of hands). King & Queen Elizabeth getting into carriage crossing Horse Guards Parade, down Mall. King saluting. Arrival at Palace. Elizabeth & King alighting. CU of Queen Elizabeth & King. Duke & Queen Louise.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Music and dance; Vehicles; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Footage sources
France
Gaumont British News Rota
Pathe Rota
Card file number
61325
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Peter Brown
Camera
Samuelson
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
242
Story extras:
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