Reluctant Queen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2061A

Date Released

5 Dec 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Advance in the Air...
2. 2Burning Bush
3. 3Reluctant Queen
4. 4Farming - Export Industry
5. 5Toytime
6. 6The Small-Small Giant...(In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Reluctant Queen. DESCRIPTION: Just a faulty oil-valve, but it’s enough to delay acceptance trials of the QE2 by two weeks - and cancel the Charity Christmas Cruise. Our pictures show the speed trials just before she returned to Greenock. SHOTLIST: Aerial view QE2 at sea. Aerial view ditto (x2). Aerial view zoom in side of ship at speed. 3 aerial views - QE2 at speed.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

United Kingdom

Footage sources

Templar Films

Card file number

94193

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

50

Story extras:

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