The Queen’s Colour for Fleet Air Arm

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1417A

Date Released

2 Aug 1956

Date submitted

30 Jul 1956

Stories in this Issue:

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen’s Colours for Fleet Air Arm. DESCRIPTION: A Naval occasion at Lee-on-Solent, where Her Majesty was to present the Queen’s Colour to the Royal Naval Barracks. SHOTLIST: Shots of naval officers on parade. Queen onto parade ground. MLS naval officers. Queen inspects guard of honour. MCU Queen inspecting guard of honour. Queen with Duke of Edinburgh etc. walking up to dais. LS Queen onto dais. Back of Wrens in line. Drum falls down, due to high winds. Queen presenting Colour. MCU naval cadets. MLS Queen making speech: I am confident you will uphold their reputation and add further glories to the colour which their needs and conduct have won for you. Various shots of the Fleet Air Arm marching past. Women marching past. Helicopters flypast. Queen watching flypast. Planes flying past.

Keywords

Royalty; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Locations

Lee-on-the-Solent

Card file number

67774A

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Robert Turner

Length of story (in feet)

180

Story extras:

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