News in Colour: Queen Mother Opens Avon Canal

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2352A
Date Released
4 Jul 1974
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1London Airport Security
  2. 2Socialist Meeting
  3. 3Tour De France
  4. 4News in Colour: Queen Mother Opens Avon Canal

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother Opens Upper Avon Canal Colour. DESCRIPTION: The Queen Mother reopens the River Avon between Stratford and Evesham, linking it with 2000 miles of Inland Waterways. SHOTLIST: GV pan River Avon pan to Shakespeare Theatre. CU sign ‘Stratford New Lock’ built by men from Gloucester Jail & other volunteers, pan to lock. GV Queen Mother & VIPs on river boat, crowds on banks of Avon watching. GR crowd. SV Queen Mother on boat. CU sign on bridge ‘Welcome Back Your Majesty’. SV Queen Mother on boat pan to surf. SV Queen Mother talking to VIPs (still on boat). SV pan Queen Mother being helped off boat for opening ceremony. SV Queen Mother giving speech. LV ditto, she is handed a pair of scissors and cuts ribbon. SCU swan and ducks on river pan up to boat. SCU Queen Mother talking. SCU crowd. SV pan Queen Mother boarding boat. SV boats on banks of Avon. SV pan ditto. CU ‘Rambling Rose’. GV crowds round canal digging equipment. CU pan piece of machinery. SV pumping equipment. LV Queen Mother on boat. SCU crowd. SV Queen Mother on boat pan to crowd. GV Shakespeare Theatre on bank of River Avon.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Birds; Animals; Engineering
Locations
Avon Canal
Card file number
99998
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
209
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 127 times.