Africa Acclaims the King
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- First pictures arrival of Royal Family in South Africa. Graphic dispatch includes intimate scenes aboard battleship Vanguard. Princesses join in deck games and Neptune ceremonies when crossing the line. Governor General van Zyl and Field Marshal Smuts welcome Royal Family on to soil of South Africa. Films of civic reception and garden party at Governor General’s country estate conclude this first first report of royal visit.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Social events; Ceremonies; Military
- Locations
- Cape Town; South Africa
- Footage sources
- British Movietone News
- Library number
- 16027
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- Baxter
- Soundman
- Derek Stiles
- Camera
- George Noble
- Camera
- Graham T. Thompson
- Camera
- K. Sara
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 667
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Production Documents
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
- info@screenocean.com
- Web
- http://reuters.screenocean.com/
- Phone
- +44(0)1954 262052
- Address
- 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
- Series held
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