Visit of HM the Queen Mother

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2402

Date Released

15 Jun 1975

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Visit of HM the Queen Mother

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Channel Islands Liberation. DESCRIPTION: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Islands, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother visits the Holiday IslesThe Islands were the only part of Britain to be occupied by the Germans during the Second World War, and from Movietone’s archives we bring you some of the historical scenes of the German OccupationThe late King George VI accompanied by Queen Elizabeth were among the first to visit the Islands after the Liberation in 1945 - how fitting that now, in 1975, she makes a return visit. SHOTLIST: GV exterior Imperial War Museum London. SV interior Queen Mother walking towards personalities, she shakes hands with Sir Arthur Peterson. SCU Queen Mother talking to the Bailiff of Jersey, Mr Ereaut she moves forward & shakes hands with the Bailiff of Guernsey, Mr Loveridge. Angle shot sign "The German Occupation of the Channel Islands". LV Queen Mother walking through exhibition. SCU ditto looking at photographs. German troops marching through main street Jersey (still). SV section German troops marching through street, German officers saluting. GV troops marching down street in Jersey goose stepping (B/W ends). GV Jersey. GV Guernsey Cobo Bay. CU Union Jack flying above Lloyds Bank building in Guernsey. GV Lloyds Bank. SV still shot German soldiers marching past Lloyds Bank. SV still shot ditto. LV B/W man buying newspaper in front of Lloyds Bank during German occupation. SV German soldiers buying newspaper in front of Boots Chemist (B/W). LV group of German soldiers walking up street past shops (B/W). GV street & Boots Chemist today. SV pan to British double decker bus driving down street in German occupied Jersey. SCU B/W British policeman. B/W car draws up outside the Commandants Building, British policeman driver steps out & opens rear door for a German officer to step out. CU B/W ‘Kommandant’ on pennant on car. B/W German officers walk into the Commandants Building. SV British policeman in car closes door. B/W angle shot pan down from flag to German on guard outside the RAF HQ. SV pan (B/W) German fighter plane being re-fuelled. SV British Airways plane taxiing along Jersey Airport. GV Jersey Airport. GV pan German fortifications with Corbiere Lighthouse in b/g. GV B/W Corbiere German soldier with gun in f/g. GV Corbiere Lighthouse zoom back to old German fortifications and pillbox. CU German pillbox. GV an old German bunker. CU large sign "St Peter’s Bunker" museum - this bunker was the HQ of the German Machine Gun Battalion 16. LV exterior of the German bunker, shot interior as door opens revealing German radio operators room. SV German Swastika and picture of Adolf Hitler. CU model of German soldier. CU German soldier model asleep on bunk. CU German radio officer. CU German radio. SV pan down showing notice printed in German & English of various instructions, eg ‘Meetings & gatherings of any kind are forbidden - any person found guilty of sabotage & espionage shall be liable to the Death Penalty’. SV various Jersey stamps with the Swastika printed on them. LV exhibition of German uniforms. CU Swastika arm band pan down to a whip. LV German guns on view. GV exterior of the German Military Underground Hospital. LV interior looking along tunnel, angle shot Commandants Room. SV German uniform on coat hanger pan to pictures of Hitler talking to German officers on table. LV interior Doctors Common Room with picture of Hitler on wall. CU doctor’s stethoscope on table. SV pan iron bedsteads. GV iron bedsteads in ward. SV B/W German guard marching out of twelfth century castle. GV St. Peter’s Port - Guernsey. LV B/W pan from crowds cheering on quayside to British troops on boat. SV B/W British troops on boat coming alongside for Liberation. SV B/W crowds cheering. GV B/W British troops marching through street with crowd cheering. GV B/W British troops marching past excited crowds. SV B/W crowds cheering. GB B/W Town Hall & Union Jack being hoisted. CU B/W Union Jack being hoisted. GV B/W crowds cheering in street. GV B/W Union Jack flying proudly from the Court House. LV B/W British guard marching up to the German guard for the Liberation. SV B/W German officer saluting British officer. CU B/W German officer, officer saluting. GV B/W German troops lay down their arms in a huge pile. B/W Vice Admiral Huffmeier being escorted to the quayside steps. SV B/W as Vice Admiral Huffmeier asks a British naval officer to stand aside whilst he carries on down steps. CU B/W white ensign flying. SV B/W pan King George VI on board the six inch [sic] Cruiser Jamaica pan to Queen Elizabeth 1945. GV Royal Yacht Britannia laying off shore at Guernsey. SV zoom back the Royal Launch coming alongside. SV crowds with Union Jacks. SV Queen Mother stepping ashore at Guernsey & being greeted. SV group of people. SV Queen Mother waving to crowds. SV people with flags. SV pan as Queen Mother drives away. SV B/W pan Queen Elizabeth with King George VI drives away from quayside in Guernsey. B/W tracking shot as car goes under large banner ‘Long Live the King and Queen’. GV Queen Mother on the balcony of the Royal Hotel. SV Queen Mother waving from balcony. SV B/W royal plane ticking over on aerodrome. SV B/W the Queen followed by King George VI up steps into plane (this was the first official occasion in which the Queen had travelled by air). B/W air view flying over Jersey. SV pan the royal launch with Queen Mother on board arriving at Jersey. SV crowds watching. CU pan the Queen Mother inspecting Guard of Honour, she steps & talks to a young cadet with peaked cap right down over his eyes. CU the young cadet. SV young girl presenting bouquet to the Queen Mother. B/W young girl presented the Queen with bouquet of flowers in park. TV B/W Queen & King George VI walking past people in park. SV B/W another little girl presenting the Queen with a bouquet. SV B/W King George VI and the Queen receiving people in park. SV bank of flowers in Howard Davies Park. SV Queen Mother walking past young children. SV tracking shot past children. CU Queen Mother waving to children. SV tracking shot past children. CU Queen Mother smiling. GV Queen Mother walking past children. Channel Island Stock Shots GV Imperial War Museum, London. SV sign ditto, pan to GV Museum. GVs of Jersey. GV The Forum Cinema. GV Standard & Chase Bank Jersey. GV pan Jersey. GV Gobo Bay, St. Peter’s Port, Guernsey. GV pan ditto. GV ditto. GV Gobo Bay. GV Royal Britannia laying off shore Guernsey pan to St. Peter’s Port. 8 scenes of old German fortifications and bunkers. GV Jersey Airport & control tower. GV plane on tarmac. GV Jersey Airport, propeller of plane in f/g. GV street scenes in Jersey & Boots (chemist). GV Royal Square in Jersey showing statue of George II. SV statue George II. GV Royal Yacht Britannia. SV gold statue of George II.

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Weapons; Aviation; Transport; Business and commerce; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Police; Victory celebrations; Postal services; Local government; Occupied territories; Military; History and archaeology; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Channel Islands

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

75/203

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

717

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