Queen’s Visit to Aberfan

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2284A

Date Released

15 Mar 1973

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen’s Visit to Aberfan. DESCRIPTION: Six and a half years after the Aberfan disaster, the Queen returns to open the new Memorial Centre. Movietone looks back to the tragic days of 1966. SHOTLIST: BGV Aberfan. LV graves of children who were buried in disaster in 1966. CU tombstone To Darling Beryl from Nana. SCU pan Queen walking through cemetery. SV child’s grave. CU inscription Love From Mummy and Daddy. SV Queen places wreath on memorial cross, steps back and bows. SV wreath on memorial cross. CU Queen’s wreath. Library Material - GV rescuers digging around partly buried school. CU miner digging, SV slag-heap inside school room. CU timetable on blackboard, SV slag-heap inside school room. LV Queen talking to officials into the memorial garden where the school was buried. GV memorial garden. SV Queen watching children in playground. SV pan from child down slide to Queen. SV children in cage like apparatus. GV crowd round new community centre. LV Queen opening community centre. SV Queen making opening speech. CU Royal Standard flying. GV slag tips still remaining. SV pan from slag tip to cleared site. GV new memorial garden and community centre.

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; Ceremonies

Locations

Wales; Glamorgan; Aberfan; Merthyr Tydfil

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

98935

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

144

Story extras:

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