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Royal Diary - Northern Star

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1674
Date Released
3 Jul 1961
Date submitted
28 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
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Northern Star - Tyneside. DESCRIPTION: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in spite of the injury to her foot, launched the new liner for the Shaw Savill Line, on Tyneside. Northern Star, a 22,000 ton one-class vessel, will complement her sister ship (The Southern Cross) in a round-the world service. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Queen Mother steps out of car and waves to crowds. MS Queen Mother injured foot. MCU Queen Mother. GV crowd. GV Queen Mother in wheel chair. LS new liner (Northern Star). MS Queen Mother on launching platform. LAS liner. LS Queen Mother speech. Pan to ship moving. MS liner slides down launching pad. GV same. GV sea swell. MS Queen Mother on launching platform. LS Northern Star.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Launchings
Locations
Tyneside
Card file number
82763
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Ken Taylor
Length of story (in feet)
102
Story extras:

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