Royal Betrothal
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Betrothal. DESCRIPTION: It was almost without precedent, the engagement of Miss Michiko Shoda (a commoner) to Prince Akihito, heir to the Imperial Throne of Japan. Seen here is the home of the Shoda family, the bride-to-be and her parents. A Press Conference was held with Miss Shoda answering questions rather shyly. SHOTLIST: GV lantern procession. CU man in procession. MS big lantern. GV procession. CU lantern. GV crowd in procession. CU picture of couple. Slip pan to MS Prince and dogs. CU same. Slip pan to GVs bride’s house. GV Shoda family in house. MS same. CU Miss Shoda at piano. CU face of Miss Shoda at piano. MS Miss Shoda leaves for Palace. MS same on steps with parents. CU boy waves flag. MS pan car moves off. TS same. MS people wave flags TS car leaves. Slip pan to MS Miss Shoda and Prince Akihito. CU Miss Shoda speaks.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Music and dance; Ceremonies; Marriages; Animals
- Locations
- Tokyo; Japan
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 75701
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 114
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