News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell. Eye-witness commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: Royal Tour of Canada

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
520A
Date Released
25 May 1939
Date submitted
20 May 1939
Date submitted
23 May 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell. Eye-witness commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: Royal Tour of Canada
  2. 2News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell. Eye-witness commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: Queen Mary
  3. 3News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell. Eye-witness commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: The Derby 1939 as Seen and Described by Thomas Woodrooffe

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Story No. within this Issue
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Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell. Eye-witness commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of Canada - Arrival in Canada. DESCRIPTION: The King and Queen in Quebec. SHOTLIST: LS & GVs ‘Empress of Australia’ steams up St Lawrence. GV crowds on hillside. LAS Queen leans over ships rail. TS & MS crowds. GV King & Queen from ship greeted by Mr Mackenzie King (in court dress). GV party walk to dais. LS King & Queen on dais. CU King shaking hands. MS King & Queen. CU Queen. Sequence: King inspects Guard of Honour (French Canadian 22nd Regiment). GV Legislative Building in Quebec. GV King from car. GV interior Legislative Building (very dark). GV K&Q. TS K&Q seated on thrones. MS K&Q. GV Royal cars arrival at Chateau Frontenac (x2). LS K&Q enter. GV interior Royal Toast at Luncheon. MS Queen & Lt Governor of Quebec. MS King (with cigarette in his hand) seated next to Mr Mackenzie King. CU Mackenzie King begins speech of welcome. GV guests. GV King making speech (SOF). GV crowd. MS K&Q on the Heights of Abraham. Pan across large crowd to K&Q as school children sing ‘Canada’. MS K&Q. GV K&Q in open car.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Music and dance; Environment; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Canada; St Lawrence River
Card file number
36796
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Commentator
Thomas Woodroffe
Length of story (in feet)
257
Story extras:
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