Royal Australian Tour (In Colour)

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1761A

Date Released

7 Mar 1963

Date Other

Mar 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Island Fire
2. 2Carnival Like Crazy
3. 3Designed for Living
4. 4Royal Australian Tour (In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Australian Tour (In Colour). DESCRIPTION: Bumpy weather over Sydney and rain-storms for Britannia’s arrival. The visit coincided with an important anniversary. It began 175 years ago at Port Jackson. The first fleet to enter Sydney Heads was under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, who became the first Governor of New South Wales. It wasn’t long before the city began to grow. Largely due to the harbour of course - one of the best in the world. It’s dominated by its world-famous bridge - the Coat-Hanger. Well over 2 million people live in Sydney. Onto Government House for the official garden party. With the tour of the big cities almost over, the Queen and Prince Philip are no doubt looking forward to seeing something of Australia’s great outback. SHOTLIST: Key scene (fade in). AS Britannia at sea (2 shots). Britannia in Sydney Port (2 shots). CU pan Port Jackson (painting). Ships enter Sydney Head (painting) (3 shots) pan up Captain Arthur Phillip (painting). Man putting flag up (painting) (2 shots). CU flag (painting). GV pan - founding of the city at Sydney Cove (painting). Sydney Harbour (3 shots). GV Sydney’s Bridge Coat Hanger. LAS same. Tracking shots over Sydney Bridge (2 shots). Street scenes (7 shots). People being served at cafe (2 shots). GV beach, people bathing in sea (2 shots). MCU woman sunbathing. GV Government House. MCU the Queen and Duke, women wearing fancy hats (5 shots). MS Duke talking to crowd. MS Queen talking to crowd. GV Queen and Duke with crowd.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Arts and crafts

Locations

Sydney; Australia

Card file number

86172

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Mark McDonald

Length of story (in feet)

261

Story extras:

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