Weekend to Remember

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1952A
Date Released
3 Nov 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Weekend to Remember
  2. 2Rome - Fire Service Show
  3. 3Beds into Bonfires!

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Weekend to Remember. DESCRIPTION: The Queen and Prince Philip visit East Sussex. We follow them to Battle Abbey, scene of the Norman Victory in 1066. On to Rye, Hastings and Eastbourne. On the next day, the whole character of the Royal journey changes, as they visit Aberfan. Talking to parents, they walk through the shattered streets and visit the graveyard above the village where the victims lie. SHOTLIST: GV Queen arrives at Battle Abbey. CU Lord Lieutenant, the Duke of Norfolk. MS Lord Lieutenant receives Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh. GV Battle Abbey. LAS ditto. GV royal party walking through Abbey grounds. MS ditto. CU inscription on wreath laid on place of King Harold’s death. GV place of Harold’s death. MCU plan of Abbey grounds. MS royal party looking at plan. GV pan across grounds. GV Cadborough Farm in Rye. MS Queen looking at race horse Augustine. MCU ditto. GV ditto. GV the town of Rye. MS crowd in town. GV ditto. MS women looking out of window. GV crowd await royal party. MS ditto. MS Queen meets town officials. GV Hastings sea front. MS archers await Queen. GV Queen walks between lines of archers. CU badge on archer’s uniform. CU the Battle of Hastings tapestry. GV Queen and officials looking. MCU tapestry. MCU Queen looking. CU tapestry. MS ditto. MS car as crowds await at Hastings College. MS crowd. GV interior pupils train for ballet. MS Queen arrives with officials. GV pupils training in gym. MS Queen looking. MS pupils in gym. Slip pan. GV from car driving through Aberfan streets. GV pan Aberfan town. GV disaster area in Aberfan. MS Queen and Duke looking. GV ditto. CU sign Moy Road. GV disaster area. GV pan ditto. MS crowds gathered to welcome Queen. MS ditto. MS date plaque on house. MCU Queen and Duke talking to local residents. MCU crowd. MCU Queen talking. MCU resident talking with Queen. MCU crowd. MS Queen with crowd. CU children in crowd. GV pan disaster area. MS ditto. MS pan ditto. MS crowds. MS Queen walking through disaster area. MS pan crowds following Queen. GV childrens’ graves in shape of cross on hillside. MS Queen lays wreath. MCU ditto. CU wreath with inscription. LS Aberfan with cross on hillside. LS ditto.
Keywords
Accidents and disasters; History and archaeology
Locations
Wales; England; Sussex; Glamorgan; Aberfan; Merthyr Tydfil
Card file number
91733
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
359
Story extras:
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