Royal Show

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1831A

Date Released

9 Jul 1964

Date submitted

4 Jul 1964

Date submitted

6 Jul 1964

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Show. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Show at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire gets better every year. Farming is big business, and nearly 4,500 live stock is entered here. Tradition has made room for some more adventurous thinking in the way of presenting the exhibits. There’s a procession of the latest farming equipment, all part of a grand spectacle which will be seen by the Queen Mother. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV show. MS sheep pens. CU sheep. MS cattle pen. Zoom tractor display. MS same. GV same. GV tractors in wheel formation (2 shots). Zoom tractors drive round maypole. MS same (2 shots). GV same. MS radio-controlled tractor. CU spectator. MS farm vehicles perform square dance. MS same. GV same. MS same. Zoom tractors square dance. Pan combine harvester. GV tractor square dance.

Keywords

Animals; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Warwickshire; Stoneleigh; Stoneleigh Park

Card file number

88560

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

162

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: AP Archive
Email: info@aparchive.com
Web: http://www.movietone.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held: View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 82 times.