King and Queen Make Tour of Lancashire

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

267A

Date Released

19 Jul 1934

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4. 4Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Delft - Dutch Prince Consort has white funeral
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9. 9Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Munich - Bathing at the zoo
10. 10Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Blackpool - Pleasure beach fire ruin
11. 11King and Queen Make Tour of Lancashire

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King and Queen Tour Lancashire and Open Mersey Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: Visits to Manchester and Liverpool include official opening by His Majesty of the Mersey Tunnel. SHOTLIST: The Royal car arrives. King and Queen alight from same. Various shots of the K&Q and people being presented to the Queen. The King officially opens a building by inserting key into door. Car driving through crowd. The King and Queen make inspection. Crowd of people waving. The King at "mike". Shots of the curtains being raised from entrance of the tunnel. Cars drive into same. Long elevated shot of the entrance into the tunnel.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Ceremonies

Locations

England; Birkenhead

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3028

Length of story (in feet)

119

Story extras:

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