The Duke Down South

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1444A
Date Released
7 Feb 1957
Date submitted
5 Feb 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Back from Hungary
  2. 2Man Steals Plane
  3. 3A Tribute
  4. 4Pacific Patrol
  5. 5Teddy Bears New Home
  6. 6All Equal on Board
  7. 7British Glory Launched
  8. 8The Duke Down South
  9. *Rangers Beat Hearts
  10. *Scotland V Wales - Rugby

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
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Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke of Edinburgh’s Tour. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Yacht Britannia took the Duke ‘way down South’ into the Antarctica during his round-the-world cruise. Whaling is the chief industry in these parts, the Duke transferred to a whale catching vessel to inspect the ship and talk to their company about their jobs. He also called at the island of Georgia where he visited the grave of that great explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. He was accompanied by Lieutenant Commander Parker. SHOTLIST: Shot of Britannia. Shot of ice floating on the water. MCU Prince Philip on the deck. Seal on floating ice. Shot of a whaling ship. Prince Philip in basket being ferried across to the whaling ship. Prince Philip greeting the crew of the whaling ship. Various shots on board the whaling ship. Shot of the whaling station. Prince being shown around. Shots of mass penguins. Prince walking through the snow. Prince with several friendly penguins. Island of South Georgia - with Commander Parker looking at the grave of Sir Ernest Shackleton. CU grave and nameplate. Panning shot of penguins on ice float. MCU Prince Philip. MCU seals. Prince with seal. CU seals. Various shots. MCU Prince.
Keywords
Royalty; Ships and boats; Fisheries; Animals
Locations
Antarctica
Footage sources
Admiralty
Gaumont British
Card file number
69708
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
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