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:
Film clip

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