The Queen Mother’s Tour

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1497

Date Released

10 Feb 1958

Date submitted

6 Feb 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Queen Mother’s Tour
2. 2A Neighbour’s Visit
3. 3A Dog’s Life
4. 4Rochdale By-Election
5. 5The Tragedy of Manchester

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen Mother in Auckland. DESCRIPTION: After a 13,000 mile flight by way of Canada, Her Majesty the Queen Mother reached Auckland to begin a fortnights tour of New Zealand. The Governor General, Lord Cobham, and Mr Walter Nash, the Prime Minister received her Majesty. SHOTLIST: SCU plane arriving. Queen Mother leaves plane. Governor General waits. Queen Mother shakes hands with Governor General. Nash shakes hands. GV gathering. Queen Mother’s speech. GV gathering. Drive. Crowd. Queen Mother’s car drives past.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Aviation

Locations

New Zealand; Auckland

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

72700

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

96

Story extras:

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