The Great Journey Begins

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1757

Date Released

4 Feb 1963

Date submitted

31 Jan 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Final Tribute
2. 2The Great Journey Begins
3. 3Soviet Surgeons Sew It Up
4. 4Kingdom of King Willow
5. 5Riding the Runners

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Great Journey Begins (Colour). DESCRIPTION: Over ten and a half thousand miles lie between London and Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. It must have been pretty frustrating those bad weather hold ups on the flight. But eventually, the Queen was to reach the starting point of her 30,000 mile tour, from Fiji to New Zealand and Australia. Movietonews will be bringing a record of the whole tour in colour. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS pan - the Queen and party walk to plane. MLS same with plane in background. MCU Newsreel cameramen. MS the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh wave from cabin door. GV crowd. MS flag flying from plane. GV plane takes off.

Keywords

Mass media; Aviation

Locations

London Heathrow Airport

Card file number

85956

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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