News in Brief: The Duke in Leeds

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1413A

Date Released

5 Jul 1956

Date submitted

2 Jul 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1On Show in Moscow
2. 2News in Brief: The Duke in Leeds
3. 3News in Brief: The Dutch Royal Family
4. 4News in Brief: Poznan Service
5. 5The Clyde Scene
6. 6Boxing - Heavyweight Contenders
7. 7Boxing - World Title Fight
8. 8Peter Collins Again
9. 9The Javelin in Service
10. *Scottish Ideal Home

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke in Leeds. DESCRIPTION: The Duke of Edinburgh walked in the rain with the Princess Royal, Chancellor of Leeds University. His Royal Highness was to open a new building at a cost of some £500,000 for the department of Textile Industries at the University. SHOTLIST: GV Cultural Centre. Procession with Princess Royal. Key handed over. Textile industry. CU of fibre. Into building. SCU stone. GVs during Duke’s speech.

Keywords

Ceremonies

Locations

Leeds; University of Leeds

Footage sources

Gaumont British

Card file number

67477

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

48

Story extras:

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