Learning on ScreenRoyal Tour of Wales
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of Wales. DESCRIPTION: The Royal tour of Wales began at Brecon, where Her Majesty was received by the Lord Lieutenant for the county of Breconshire. At Trecastle, Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque at the Swansea Corporation’s new Usk Reservoir. Later, the Queen and the Duke attended Divine Service at St David’s Cathedral. On the next day her Majesty and the Duke went to Aberystwyth to open the newly completed central block of the National Library. SHOTLIST: LS of a band welcoming the Queen to the Brecons. Train into camera. CU of sign on platform Brecon. Queen welcomed by Major General Raikes. Shots of the Queen inspecting the guard of honour mounted by the 1st Battalion of the South Wales Borderers. Shot of the Queen talking to the Duke of Edinburgh. Various shots of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh inspecting the horses at Brecknockshire Agricultural Showground. MCU of a bull being paraded. LS of the Usk Reservoir of the Swansea Corporation at Trecastle. Various shots of the Queen unveiling a commemorative plaque. CU of the plague. MCU of the Queen starting the flow of water to the mains. LS of the Queen coming out of the building. The Queen walks past the camera. LS of St David’s Cathedral. Queen and Duke walk up path to the Cathedral. Various shots of the Queen talking to the coxswain and crew of the St David Lifeboat. Queen and Duke walk into the Cathedral. LS of the Cathedral. LS along the seafront of Aberystwyth. MCU of Miss Jones greeting the Queen and the Duke. GV of the National Library of Wales. Queen and Duke walk up stairs of the National Library. Queen receives some flowers from Margaret Ellis. Queen opens the central block of the Library. Makes speech. The assembling of these collections and their presentation to this Library are a splendid example of the affection of Welshmen and women hold their heritage and of the selfless generosity on which they have founded so many of a solid achievement of the intellectual renaissance of modern Wales. Panning shot of the Queen and Duke driving through the street of Aberystwyth.
- Keywords
- Royalty
- Locations
- Wales; Aberystwyth; Brecon; Trecastle
- Footage sources
- Gaumont
- Card file number
- 64241
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 231
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