Princess Margaret Leaves for Mombasa

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1425

Date Released

24 Sep 1956

Date submitted

21 Sep 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Campbell Smashes Own Record
2. 2Suez Talks Continue
3. 3Toll of the Sea
4. 4The Toll of the Sea
5. 5News in Brief: Olympic Yachts
6. 6News in Brief: Dutch Crown Princess
7. 7News in Brief: Bakers Strike
8. 8News in Brief: Auto Race Accident
9. 9Trade Fair
10. 10Princess Margaret Leaves for Mombasa

Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Margaret Leaves for Mombasa. DESCRIPTION: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was at London Airport to see off Princess Margaret when she left for the start of her East African tour. SHOTLIST: Queen Mother and Princess Margaret walking to plane. Princess Margaret talks to Mr Lennox Boyd. Queen Mother and Princess enter plane. Queen Mother leaves aircraft. Princess waves goodbye. Princess at window of aircraft. Aircraft leaves. GV plane taxiing. Plane is a Argonaut called Ajax.

Keywords

Royalty; Aviation

Locations

London Heathrow Airport

Card file number

68306

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

74

Story extras:

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