GLASGOW EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1938 OPENING BY THE KING AND QUEEN
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Title: GLASGOW EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1938 OPENING BY THE KING AND QUEEN
Reference number: 9505
Date: 1938
Sound: silent
Original format: 9.5mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 2.04 mins
Description:
Amateur Dufaycolor footage of the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow, featuring the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
See also films from this collection at 9503 and 9504
Shotlist: title - pan across front of building at Empire Exhibition, guests arriving, press photographers waiting - gvs royal carriage arriving, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth climb down and are welcomed by officials - gvs crowds at front of Atlantic Restaurant - King and Queen come out of building - gvs various pavilions including Canada, Australia, Tait's Tower - shot of young girl playing bagpipes - fountains in front of Engineering pavilion - brief shot of Crazy House - tracking shot from roller coaster - brief shot stunt diver - high shots of crowds around pavilions, fountains - brief shots of fairground ride (2.04)