A Royal Naval Occasion

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1561

Date Released

4 May 1959

Date submitted

29 Apr 1959

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen Visits HMS Eagle. DESCRIPTION: HMS Eagle, Britain’s biggest warship, had just been honoured by a visit from Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales. They watched the flying display: Seahawks, Sea Venoms, Gannets and Skyraiders catapulting off the forty-three thousand ton carrier. The Prince went all over the ship and the Queen, who made a separate tour, talked with a great number of officers and ratings about their particular jobs. Then, presents were offered and accepted. Afterwards, Eagle received that very popular royal command: Splice the main brace! SHOTLIST: Aerial shot ‘HMS Eagle’. LS same under way. Aerial pan same. TS same. MS Prince of Wales & Queen in observation box. LS jet takes off carrier. High angle same. SCU Prince in box. LS jet lands. MS same. TS Royals in box. MS jet lands on carrier. Longer shot Prince steps from box and turns. MS jet lands on carrier. MS pan Prince being escorted round ship. Closer officer explaining to Prince. MS Queen enters and crew is presented. Closer same. MS Royals and crew watch issue of rum. Closer same. Same - pan to Queen. MS Queen presented with silver rose bowls. MS Prince presented with replica of a rum keg. SS sailors march past. CU same. MS Royals on saluting dais. March past. Another angle same - armed with rifles. Another angle CU same. High angle LS Royal Barge departs. Crew raise hats for three cheers. SS same officer. SS same - crew. LS HMS Eagle from royal barge.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Food and cooking; Aviation; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Locations

England

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

77067

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

149

Story extras:

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