Queen Sees New Yacht Britannia

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2419

Date Released

6 May 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1West Brom Home with the Cup
2. 2Earthquake. 35,000 Greeks Homeless
3. 3News in Flashes
4. 4News in Flashes
5. 5Thirty-One Countries Plan to End Oil Pollution
6. 6Queen Sees New Yacht Britannia

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

On three day visit to African colony Queen inaugurates Owen Falls Dam. Tobruk Her Majesty calls on King Idris of Libya before going aboard royal yacht.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Ceremonies; Engineering

Locations

Uganda

Library number

22293

Length of story (in feet)

265

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