The Queen Sees Khyber Pass

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1654
Date Released
13 Feb 1961
Date submitted
10 Feb 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cruft’s Show
  2. 2What is It?
  3. 3Runaway Train
  4. 4A Rough Ride
  5. 5The Queen Sees Khyber Pass
  6. *Caltex Trophy

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen Sees Khyber Pass in Colour. DESCRIPTION: Historically, no Pass can claim such importance as the Khyber. It’s still the gateway to the sub-continent, whether you travel the modern or the ancient way. Alexander the Great’s army marched this way, over 2,000 years ago; and through succeeding centuries, this bleak, forbidding country has been a route of invasion, a frontier to defend. In modern times, Britain has played her part in defence of the North West Frontier, and here are regimental records to recall the story. When Her Majesty the Queen arrives, paying her first visit to the Khyber, over 60 tribal Maliks were present to greet her. The Warsak Dam project, built on the Kabul river, was next on the programme. Our last pictures show the Queen in Peshawar, one of the principal places visited by her during this phase of the tour. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Pass LS Pass LS another pan modern road and sign to camel track and camels. MS camels MLS camels. GV mountain side. LS Regimental monument on cliff side. CU same CU another CU another. LAS soldiers on battlement. CU badge Khyber Rifles. CU soldier. CU old man. MS hill tribesmen. CU more. MS another with rifles. LAS decorated gateway. MLS Queen meets chieftains. CU chieftain. CU another. MS Queen touches sacrificial goats. MCU Queen and Duke. MS Queen with officials. Pan up Queen and party to mountain. GV Pass. LS Warsak Dam. GV Same. LAS Dam. CU sign Colombo Plan. LAS building and flag. MS Queen walking on dam. MS pipe band. MS pipers. CU pipers. MLS Queen and party on dam. MLS dam. MS Queen and party. GV Peshawar. LS Peshawar. MS stalls in market. MS people in market. MS same. MS same haggling over material. MS bullock cart with vegetables. MS market. CU man cutting sugar cane. CU lumps of sugar cane. MS orange stall. CU old man in market. MLS market.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Environment; Customs and traditions; Business and commerce; Ceremonies; Animals; Engineering; Military
Locations
Pakistan
Card file number
81881
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
Ken Taylor
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
263
Story extras:
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