Queen Mother off to Africa

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1549

Date Released

9 Feb 1959

Date submitted

5 Feb 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Queen Mother off to Africa
2. 2Spring Fashion Notes
3. 3Record Price for Bull
4. 4Watch Out for Witches
5. 5Fire in Freeze-Up
6. 6Plane Crashes in River
7. 7New Safety Seat
8. 8Top Dogs
9. 9Macmillan for Moscow

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother Off to Africa. DESCRIPTION: London Airport: the Queen was there with Princess Margaret to see their mother off at the start of her journey to East Africa. This BOAC Britannia was to fly the Queen Mother to Nairobi, 4,800 miles away. SHOTLIST: MS Royal party walk to plane (key). MS last farewells. LS Queen Mother walks up steps of plane. Longer shot plane. LS Queen & Princess Margaret leave plane. MS Queen walking away with VIPs. SS same. MS plane taxies (night shots). MS Queen and party wave from lounge. LS plane taxies.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

England; London Heathrow Airport

Card file number

76280

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

74

Story extras:

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