The Queen Launches Southern Cross

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1316

Date Released

23 Aug 1954

Date submitted

16 Aug 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1King Haakon Visits Queen Juliana
2. 2Ten Years After
3. 3Tension in Morocco
4. 4Greek Demonstration
5. 5India’s Independence Day
6. 6News in Brief: Legion of Honour
7. 7News in Brief: Model Grand Prix
8. 8News in Brief: Flower Show
9. 9News in Brief: German Show Jumping
10. 10News in Brief: Shooting the Rapids
11. 11The Queen Launches Southern Cross
12. *Miss New Brighton

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Launches Southern Cross. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty the Queen broke her holiday at Balmoral to perform the naming and launching ceremony at Harland and Wolff’s shipyard in Belfast on the Southern Cross. This new Shaw-Savill liner will be used on the London to New Zealand route. SHOTLIST: Cars arriving. Shot of liner. CU of name of ship. Queen alighting. Climbing stairs. Receiving bouquet from apprentice. CU of Queen. Queen makes a speech. Launching ship. CU of Queen. Ship going down slipway. Entering water. Tug and ship. An artist’s impression of the ship.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Launchings

Locations

Republic of Ireland; Belfast; Harland; Wolff Shipyard

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

61647

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

114

Story extras:

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