Princess Relaxes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1579
Date Released
7 Sep 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Princess Relaxes
  2. 2Maiden Voyage
  3. 3Moscow Visitors
  4. 4Beside the Sea
  5. 5The Dalai Lama
  6. 6Hops for Beer
  7. 7Ike in Paris
  8. *Scottish Industries on Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Relaxes. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty’s Australian Ship Warramunga was the Destroyer which took Princess Alexandra on her holiday trip to islands off Queensland. She visited several islands off the coast, and had to wade ashore from the launch at Lindeman Island. Our pictures show the Princess, in casual holiday clothes, relaxing after a day of swimming and sailing. SHOTLIST: GV naval ship (key). MS side of ship. LS gangway. MS Princess Alexandra talks to captain. SS ship. MS Princess Alexandra with captain. MS same talking to captain - inside ship. GV Barrier Reef. Same. MS Princess Alexandra in slacks. Closer same.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Royalty; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Environment; Navy; Military
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
78063
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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