Royal Visit to Docks

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1563
Date Released
18 May 1959
Date submitted
14 May 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Campbell’s New Record
  2. 2Gliding Champs
  3. 3Bridging the Ganges
  4. 4Training for Tournament
  5. 5The Latest Models
  6. 6Royal Visit to Docks
  7. 7Colours Flying - Drums Beating

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Visit to Docks. DESCRIPTION: So great is the Port of London’s Dock system, that it took the Queen and the Prince the best part of a day to take a good look at it. A number of warehouses came in for royal inspection and London’s cellars. Then, the Queen and her husband boarded the Port of London Authority Yacht St Katherine for a cruise through the Royal Albert and George V docks. The Shaw Savill liner Gothic, used by the Queen on her 1953 World tour, was there. The six-hour visit was certainly a gala occasion for the Port of London. SHOTLIST: Dock scene (key & title). Semi GV ships berthed. LS the Queen, Prince Philip and party walk along wharf. Closer same. MS same - watching unloading of meat. Closer unpacking. MS same royal party look on. MS meat unloading. MS royal party watching bottling of French Vermouth. Another angle same. CU girl operates bottle stopper machine. MS royal party watch visual checking of bottles. Closer girl looking at bottles through magnifying glass. BS same. MS Queen and Prince Philip walk up gangway of ‘St Katherine’. Same - board ship. MS royal party as ship moves off. FS ‘St Katherine’ cruising along Thames. Closer same. Pan along berthed ship. MS the Queen, Prince Philip and party look on. LS ‘St Katherine’ passing the ‘Gothic’. Closer same. CU bows of ‘Gothic’. Royal party look on - Prince Philip waves. FS ‘St Katherine’ cruising.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Food and cooking; Industry and manufacture; Navy; Military
Locations
England; London Docks; Port of London
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
77172
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
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