Queen at Harrow School
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen at Harrow School. DESCRIPTION: The Queen visits the famous public school at Harrow to mark the 400th year of the granting of the school’s charter by Elizabeth the First. Her Majesty unveils a plaque in the new Physics Laboratories - plants a tree and joins the boys at a concert of School songs. Harrow’s 700 boys need parents who can afford the fees of just over £750 a year. SHOTLIST: GV Queen out of car. SV Queen introduced to officials by Mayor. SV boys in uniform lined along path. GV boys lined up on steps. GV new physics lab. GV interior Queen unveils plaque inside lab. SV crowd waiting. SV Queen plants tree. SV crowd applaud. LV Queen looking glass case, containing charter granted by Elizabeth I. CU charter. SV portrait of Churchill. LV pan boys file past steps with Queen standing at top. LV Queen & officials pan down to boys passing. SV boys about to walk past. GV interior choir in hall. SV Queen listening. GV conductor with orchestra and choir. GV choir pan to orchestra & conductor with Queen listening. GV exterior boys wait to see Queen depart. GV ditto (different angle). LV Queen leaves building pan to show boys massed on steps.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Education and training; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Ceremonies; Local government
- Locations
- England; Harrow; United Kingdom; Middlesex
- Card file number
- 96856
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- S. M. F. Plummer
- Length of story (in feet)
- 176
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