Royal Opera Fashions

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1745

Date Released

12 Nov 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Leading Ladies. DESCRIPTION: We visited Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House, to watch a fashion show with the Queen Mother. The show was put on by the Society of London Fashion Designers, including Michael Sherard, Charles Creed, Lachasse, Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies, John Cavanagh and Victor Stiebel. Act One presented some suggestions for Mornings about Town, with the focus on tweed. Act Two: a North of the Border look for afternoons. Act Three - a night at the opera. And a First Night Finalé. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Covent Garden Market. MCU Queen Mother seated. MCU model with tweed suit. MS model with tweed coat. MS model with tartan dress. MS model with fur coat. MLS models descend stairs. MCU models with evening gown. CU chandelier. Another evening dress. MS Rimsky Korsakov’s Coq d’Or. Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Bizet’s Carmen. Spectators. Models curtsy to Queen Mother.

Keywords

Royalty; Fashion and costume

Locations

London; Covent Garden

Card file number

85450

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Mark McDonald

Length of story (in feet)

147

Story extras:

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