The Royal Tour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1414
Date Released
9 Jul 1956
Date Other
Jul 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Royal
  2. 2Henley Regatta
  3. 3The Open Golf Championship
  4. 4Wimbledon Finals
  5. *The Royal Tour

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour - Queen Visits Ayrshire - Mute. SHOTLIST: Queen and Duke step off train at Ardrossan station. They shake hands with VIP. Crowd scenes. Children wave flags. Queen standing at table signing the visitors book. Presented with flowers by small girl. Split frame to Kilwinning. Queen talking to VIPs. Duke talking to man. Queen and Duke speak to man. Queen waving to crowds. Split frame. Soldiers line the road. Queen seated at table signing the visitors book outside the Town hall in the Royal Burgh of Irvine. Duke walks to the table and also signs. CU of the crowds. Duke looks at the book. Split frame. Queen and Duke having VIPs presented to them. Crowd scene. MS to camera, Queen walking past cheering crowds waving flags. Split frame - County buildings of the Royal Burgh. Crowds. Royal car past camera. Ayrshire Yeomanry soldiers lined up. Queen inspecting same. Queen into camera between the ranks. VIPs men and women presented to the Queen and Duke, shake hands including Provost of Ayr, William Anderson. Queen and Duke walk away waving to the crowds. Split frame. Alloway - LS (Robbie) ‘Burns Cottage’. Queen and Duke walk towards the cottage. CU of sign ‘Burn’s Cottage’. CU of Queen coming out of the cottage. Split frame. MS Royal car past cheering crowds. Queen and Duke shake hands with VIPs. Royal car departs past crowds, cheering. Split frame to Edinburgh. Train into station, Queen steps from same. Greeted and then walks past guard of honour. Royal car drives away. Split frame. Crowds line the street. Queen and Duke out of Royal car. The Queen then performs the opening ceremony of the new National Library of Scotland. She opens the door with a silver gilt key. Unveils a plaque to record the occasion. Queen and Duke look at the Bute collection of English plays which includes 37 quartos of Shakespeare. Split frame. Royal drives up. Queen and Duke greeted by an officer. Shot of bowman. Queen and officers watching. Bowman taking aim. Queen walking with officers. Crowd scene. Queen presents an arrow to the winner who was Major Gammell. Also awards another prize to Major Alastair Blair. Slip pan to Holyrood House. Soldiers of the Royal Scots Greys regiment lined up. Queen inspects same. Three soldiers enter parade ground on horse back. Centre one carries a flag. Queen places a flag in scabbard. LS officer marching with flag in slow time. Queen on dais watching the march past of soldiers. Included in the march past was the Duke of Kent. CU of troops giving the eyes left. Queen on the dais. Horse back soldiers on parade ground.
Local distribution only
Special Reel for Scotland only.
Keywords
Royalty
Locations
Edinburgh; Prestwick; Kilmarnock; Kilwinning; Irvine; Alloway; Cumnock
Card file number
67514
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
600
Story extras:
Film clip

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