Queen Mother Opens London Museum

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2288

Date Released

9 Apr 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ice Speedway
2. 2Tartan Barrel Race
3. 3Queen Mother Opens London Museum
4. 4News in Colour: Mexican State Visit
5. *President De Valera - Freedom of Cork

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother Opens London Museum. DESCRIPTION: The Queen Mother Opens a new Museum of London, at London Hall. SHOTLIST: SV Museum of London building site pan to road. SV ditto, sign & building in back ground under construction. SV Museum of London under construction. CU sign Barbican. SV Museum of London model. CU ditto, pan up on left Mr Chandler, city architect of Powell & Mollem. CU Sir Mortimer Wheeler. SV pan round model and pan up tallest building on model. SV model pan up Queen Mother walking in. SV workmen from above watching. SV Queen Mother laying cement for foundation stone. SV ditto watching stone being lowered. SV man lowering stone. SCU foundation stone. SV Queen Mother blessing foundation stone. SV guests watching. SV Queen Mother being shown model. SV Museum of London building under construction.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Ireland.

Keywords

History and archaeology; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London Museum

Card file number

98983

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

114

Story extras:

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