The Queen in the Western Isles

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1419A

Date Released

16 Aug 1956

Date Other

Aug 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Queen in the Western Isles
2. 2Aviation: Naval Air Display
3. 3Aviation: Britannia’s Sales Tour
4. 4Aviation: Airlift
5. 5Cyprus Today - A Trooper on the Tide
6. 6Cyprus Today - Red Devils New HQ
7. 7Cyprus Today - Harvest Time
8. 8Sporting Scene: A Mass Display
9. 9Sporting Scene: Outboard Trophy
10. 10Sporting Scene: Ulster Tt
11. 11Sporting Scene: Diving Maniacs
12. *Opening of the Soccer Season

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of the Western Isles. DESCRIPTION: The crowds who gathered at Barrow in Furness saw Princess Margaret arrive to embark in Britannia. She was accompanying the Queen and the Duke on their tour of the Western Isles. Her Majesty visited the little island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides. SHOTLIST: Shots of the crowds at Barrow in Furness. Princess Margaret arrives and embarks up the gangplank onto the ‘Britannia’. Queen and Duke walking. Queen being presented with a silver cigarette box. Queen and Duke board ‘Britannia’. Various LS of Prince Charles and Princess Anne on board ‘Britannia’. Back shot of crowds waving. Shot of ‘Britannia’. Slip pan. MLS ‘Britannia’ arriving at Iona. Shot of house on Iona and LS of the ‘Britannia’ in the distance. Small boat arriving at Iona. Crowds. Queen disembarking from the boat and is greeted by Sir Charles MacLean of Duart. Queen walking along with Sir Charles. Princess Margaret and Duke following behind. LS of the island. Queen and Duke visiting the ‘Tombs of the Kings’. CU sign. Queen looking at the tombs. CU tombs. Various shots of Maxwell MacLeod presenting small cross to the Queen.

Local distribution only

Long version shown in Scotland (314 ft) shown as Item 5.

Keywords

Royalty

Locations

Scotland; Barrow-in-Furness; Iona

Card file number

67937

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

Robert Turner

Length of story (in feet)

138

Story extras:

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