Kew Gardens Celebrate
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kew Gardens Celebrate. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, now celebrating their two hundredth birthday, are one of the most delightful of London attractions. Developed over the years from a private garden, they now cover over 300 acres, and include a number of hot-houses. The largest of these is the tropical Palm House, and Her Majesty walked round it, when she attended a garden party held to mark the bicentenary. She also made an extensive tour of the gardens and accepted a bouquet. SHOTLIST: CU flowers. LS pagoda. Closer same. Semi GV gardens. MS flower beds. TS same. MS ducks. Closer same. MS building. GV palm house. Another same. Closer same. Interior Queen looking at flowers. Longer shot same. MS same. MS Queen receives bouquet from Sally Brown. . Closer looking at same.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Children; Horticulture; Celebrations and festivals; Social events; Birds; Animals
- Locations
- Kew Gardens; England
- Footage sources
- Pathe
- Card file number
- 77352
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 74
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