Queen Mother Sees Life-Saver

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1500

Date Released

3 Mar 1958

Date submitted

27 Feb 1958

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother With Lifesavers. DESCRIPTION: One of the Queen Mother’s most enjoyable engagements during her visit to Sydney must have been the water-borne journey in the beautiful harbour. Manly Beach was very much on the royal programme, where the Queen Mother saw the famous life-saving organisation in action. SHOTLIST: LS Destroyer in Sydney Harbour. 2 shots Queen Mother in launch. Back shot launch, followed by yachts and motor boats. LS same. LS life savers parade on beach. 3 shots closer same. GV same. MS Queen Mother & Mr Curlewis on dais. 2 shots skiff race through surf. Crowd. LS skiff race. LS boats with lifesavers ride through surf. CU same. LS crowd. 2 shots boats cruise on rollers. CU Queen Mother and Mr Curlewis.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Competitions; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Locations

Sydney; Australia

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

72700

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

120

Story extras:

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