Royal Rhodesian Tour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1615
Date Released
16 May 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Rhodesian Tour
  2. 2Liner Launchings
  3. 3Spy Plane
  4. 4Straight Up and Down

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Rhodesian Tour. DESCRIPTION: The Queen was at London Airport to see her mother off on a 6,000-mile flight to Salisbury. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s tour to the Rhodesias and Nyasaland was planned to last three weeks, and perhaps the most notable engagement of her visit would be the official opening of the great Kariba Dam. Salisbury now, and the Governor-General, Lord Dalhousie, led the official welcome and made the presentations to Her Majesty. The Guard of Honour was found by the First Battalion, the Royal Rhodesia Regiment. Salisbury, the Federal capital, had turned out in full force to give the Queen Mother the friendliest of greetings, and the crowds in the streets were estimated to number 60,000, probably the biggest ever seen here. SHOTLIST: MS Queen & Queen Mother arrive. LS same walking to aircraft. MS aircraft. MS Queen kisses Mother goodbye. CU Queen walking away. MS Queen Mother waves and enters plane. MS Queen. LS plane takes off. Slip Pan. LS plane taxies in - Salisbury, S Rhodesia. MS Queen Mother steps down gangway. MS Queen Mother greeted by Governor General Lord Dalhousie. MCU same. MS same. GV crowds waving. MS procession arrives in Salisbury. GV same. MS Queen Mother waves from car. MS ditto. LS ditto. GV procession. MS same. MS crowds waving. MS Queen Mother arrives at Civic Centre. MS same.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Aviation; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
England; Salisbury; London Heathrow Airport
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
80080
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
209
Story extras:
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