All-Colour Edition: At Home, at Greenwich, the Original Cutty Sark is Celebrating Her One Hundredth Anniversary. There’s a Half Gallon Bottle of Whisky That Bears Her Name for the First Visitor Aboard on Her Birthday.

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2112A
Date Released
27 Nov 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1All-Colour Edition: Movietone Goes to Malta to Join Prince Charles Who’s Been Attending the Royal University’s Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebrations. A Student Himself, He’s Completely Unruffled When Undergraduates Mark the Occasion in Typical Uninhibited Style.
  2. 2All-Colour Edition: With the Navy Gone from Malta, the Island has to Promote Its Tourist Attractions. One Event That has Already Acquired International Recognition is the Middle Sea Race ...
  3. 3All-Colour Edition: At Home, at Greenwich, the Original Cutty Sark is Celebrating Her One Hundredth Anniversary. There’s a Half Gallon Bottle of Whisky That Bears Her Name for the First Visitor Aboard on Her Birthday.

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
All-Colour Edition
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour Cutty Sark’s Anniversary. DESCRIPTION: Also part of the celebrations, an International Caber Tossing Championship, won by Bill Anderson from AberdeenCutty Sark means Short Shift. So a contest to find the most original Cutty Sark - or Mini Dress - of 1969, is a hemline headline. The winning design is from a Fashion student at the Royal College of ArtThe designer of the Cutty Sark was Hercules Linton. His daughter visits the famous ship and we recall the great days of sail when the Clipper Ship was the fastest thing afloat and the Cutty Sark the fastest of them all. SHOTLIST: MS portrait of Cutty Sark. LAS bows of ditto. GV Cutty Sark in dry dock. LAS mast - pan down to deck. MS Cutty Sark cake to celebrate occasion. MS Robin Knox-Johnston presents half-gallon of whisky to first visitor aboard. MCU whisky poured into glass. CUs man drinking whisky. Various shots people eating & drinking. MS pan Charlie Allen with caber. MS scorekeeper. MLS pan Charlie tossing the caber. Crowd applaud. MLS pan Allen Scott tosses caber. MS spectators. MCU man tosses caber. Scorekeeper. Bill Anderson starts to run with caber. MS Bill tosses caber. MS Bill presented with trophy. LAS bows of Cutty Sark. MS Cutty Sark’s figurehead. LAS fashion student displays yellow mini dress with matching woollen hat. MLS girl also in yellow dress, with tapes wrapped round her arms. LAS girl in black dress. MCU Anderson wearing kilt. MS girl displays yellow dress. MS girl in black patterned dress. LAS Allen models his kilt. MCU Bill Anderson. LAS girl in white dress with blue patterns. CU Cutty Sark’s bell. MCU Cutty Sark’s designer’s daughter, Miss Anne Linton. MS Miss Linton at the helm. GV visitors on deck. MS boys look over side. MS photograph of original crew members. MCU photograph of Captain Woodgett. MS 2 photos of men lashing the sails. Photo of Cutty Sark in dock. Photo of crew. Portrait of Cutty Sark. MS visitors entering & leaving ship. GV ditto. GV Cutty Sark.
Keywords
Commemorations; Sport; Ships and boats; Food and cooking; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Fashion and costume; History and archaeology
Locations
United Kingdom; Greenwich
Card file number
95404
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
338
Story extras:
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