The Pride of Merseyside

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1569

Date Released

29 Jun 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1France’s Own Farnborough
2. 2President De Valera
3. 3Strikers Clash
4. 4The Pride of Merseyside
5. 5Lot 14
6. 6Royal Tour - Progress Report

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Pride of Merseyside. DESCRIPTION: The Queen Mother was at Birkenhead to perform the launching ceremony of the new Union Castle liner, the largest built in Britain since the Queen Elizabeth in 1938. She named the ship Windsor Castle. SHOTLIST: CU giant propeller (key). GV Windsor Castle on stocks. BS same. MS dockers hammer away stocks. MS Queen Mother waves. GV crowds waving. MS Queen Mother launches ship - bottle against bows. GV ship moves down slipway. Longer shot same. Closer same.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Launchings

Locations

England

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

77506

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

81

Story extras:

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