Duke of York at Ashford

Series

Series Name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue

Issue No.

50

Date Released

21 Oct 1926

Length of issue (in feet)

531

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fashions
2. 2Liverpool
3. 3Prince at Westminster
4. 4Paris: Motor Boats
5. 5Downing Street Conference
6. 6Dairy Show
7. 7Fireworks
8. 8St Martins Bicentenary
9. 9Duke of York at Ashford
10. 10Prince of Wales at Cheshire
11. *Liverpool (Merseyside)

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

9 / 10

Summary

NFTVA ‘Silent News Films’ (1965) lists what seems to be a version of this story, running for 127 feet: "Royalty and railwaymen. At the Southern Railway Works, HRH The Duke of York drives the largest passenger locomotive in the country - with the Duchess on the footplate." (17 ft.) The Duke and Duchess are receive by officials and the Duchess is presented with a bouquet (26 ft.); they tour the railway works (60 ft.). The Duke and Duchess take their places on the locomotive ‘The Lord Nelson’ (Southern 850) (90 ft.); close shot of the Duchess looking down from the cabin (100 ft.); the train is driven into a station where the Duke alights, followed by the Duchess (120 ft.).

Keywords

Royalty

Length of story (in feet)

66

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