The Prince Inspects
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Prince Visits Rover Works. DESCRIPTION: Prince Philip toured the Rover Car Factory near Birmingham. It’s fitting that one of the oldest names in motor cars should be associated with one of the newest developments. The gas-turbine car and Prince Philip took a turn at the wheel. He clocked 70 in this experimental vehicle. SHOTLIST: GV assembly line. Prince Philip walking. CU spraying car. CU Prince Philip. Back shot same. GV walking SCU talking to workers. MS workers. Prince talking to man. MS looking at body of car. MS car body on crane. CU same. CU Rover with bonnet up. MS Prince gets in gas turbine car. Car passes camera. Same. MS Prince gets out of car.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Vehicles; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Inventions and discoveries
- Locations
- Birmingham
- Footage sources
- Pathe
- Card file number
- 72859
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Jeffrey K. Shearley
- Length of story (in feet)
- 57
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