Princess Opens Graving Dock

Series

Series Name: British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1674

Date Released

17 Mar 1947

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

Princess Elizabeth performs first ceremony of South Africa visit when she opens graving dock at port of East London. At Bonza Beach the Princesses go horseriding.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Ceremonies; Animals; Engineering

Locations

London; South Africa

Footage sources

British Movietone News

Library number

16045

Credits:

Soundman: Derek Stiles
Camera: George Noble
Camera: Graham T. Thompson
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

131

Story extras:

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