A Royal Patient

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1557A

Date Released

9 Apr 1959

Date submitted

9 Apr 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Budget
2. 2Motoring Memories
3. 3A Royal Patient
4. 4The Tale of a Swan
5. 5The Prince in the Islands
6. *St Mirren V Celtic

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Royal Patient. DESCRIPTION: A hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the place chosen by Princess Grace of Monaco for her appendix operation. SHOTLIST: Princess Grace & party (key). Pan - Lausanne. LS building. Pan MS to CU Princess Grace, Prince Rainier & party walking. LS building. MS to CU Prince Rainier in grounds.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Health and medicine

Locations

Switzerland; Lausanne

Footage sources

France

Card file number

76837

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

50

Story extras:

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