Royal Diary - Queen in Scotland

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1674
Date Released
3 Jul 1961
Date submitted
29 Jun 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Diary - Queen in Scotland
  2. 2Royal Diary - Northern Star
  3. 3White City Athletics
  4. 4All Time Low
  5. 5Show Jumping - European Champion
  6. 6Hitting the Hay

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Diary - Queen in Scotland. DESCRIPTION: One of the Queen’s engagements in Scotland was to open Britain’s first Lurgi plant for producing gas from low-quality coal. The plant is at Westfield, Fife, and six miles away is an open-cast mine, which Her Majesty inspected to see it in operation. The Palace of Holyrood House, Edinburgh, provided the setting for a garden party, given by Her Majesty and Prince Philip. It was attended by seven thousand guests, and many of them had the honour of presentation. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Lurgi plant. MLS the Queen walking with officials. LS interior the Queen looking around plant. GV same. CU pipes. MCU Queen with official. Aerial shot open cast mine. GV Queen looking down at same. HAS crane working on mine. MS the Queen points her finger. GV giant spreader. MS same. MCU same. MCU Queen inside spreader. GV coal dust pouring out of spreader. MS same. MS coal dust pouring out of spreader. MS same. MS coal dust hitting the ground. LS the Palace of Holyrood House (Edinburgh). Aerial shot garden party. Various shots. TS guests. TS the Queen welcomes guest. TS the Queen walking away - guests around. The Queen dons white coat to inspect the Lurgi plant.
Keywords
Mining; Social events
Locations
Edinburgh; Scotland; Fife; Westfield
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
82771
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
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