Easter Parade. Holiday Scenes from All over the Country

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1349A
Date Released
14 Apr 1955
Date submitted
8 Apr 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Sir Winston off on Holiday
  2. 2Easter Parade. Holiday Scenes from All over the Country

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Easter Symposium. DESCRIPTION: Royal Maundy - Crowds leave for the coast - Blackpool & Hastings - Eskimos attend church - Kempton Park Racing - Goodwood Motor Racing - Group Captain Townsend wins horse race in Belgium - Dinghy racing at Teddington - Kew Gardens park - The Zoo - Hampstead Heath. SHOTLIST: ROYAL MAUNDY MONEY - Southwark Cathedral. Queen accepts flowers. Good shots of Queen and Duke. GV Cathedral. CU old people. PADDINGTON STATION - GV crowds at station. GV trains. STREETS - Empty in London. CU notice Bank Holiday. BLACKPOOL - GV Blackpool Tower. GV beach. Various shots of children on the beach. Various shots of crowds. HASTINGS - Various shots of beach. People run into the sea. GV sunbathers. ESKIMOS - POND INLET - GV husky pulling Eskimo sledge. Priest rings bell. Eskimos enter church. CU organ being played. Eskimo children egg and spoon race. Various shots of seal race (Eskimos pretending to be seals). Various shots of Eskimos on their sledges moving off. KEMPTON PARK - GV racing. GV bookies. GV crowds. Queen and Princess Margaret in the paddock. Shots of race. Queen in unsaddling enclosure. GOODWOOD - Paddock scenes. People picnicing. Duke of Kent attends. Various shots of motorists’ headgear. CU Stirling Moss. Start of race - cars away. Various shots of race. Salvadori being flagged in as winner. BELGIUM - Group Captain Peter Townsend wins horse race. Led in as winner. TEDDINGTON - Dinghy racing. Various shots of dinghies racing. KEW GARDENS - Various shots of visitors to the gardens. HYDE PARK - Horse and cart parade. CU wheels. CU hoofs. Girls on stage-coach. Various Easter bonnet fashions. LONDON ZOO - Elephant rides. Camel rides. Children. Goat eating ice cream etc. HAMPSTEAD HEATH FAIR - NIGHT - Various shots of the fair in action. Swings, roundabouts etc. Finishes on the posterior of a horse in Hyde Park.
Keywords
Royalty; Horse racing; Ceremonies; Animals
Footage sources
France
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
63268
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Camera
Peter Brown
Camera
Phil John Turner
Camera
Samuelson
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
564
Story extras:
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