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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1988

Title

WELCOME TO THE QUEEN

Producer

Sydney Boyle / ICI Billingham Film Unit

Date

1956

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

29 mins 32 secs

Description

A record of the visit by HM the Queen and HRH Duke of Edinburgh to Teeside on 4th June 1956. The film features the Royal Party arriving at Stockton railway station. They drive through the streets and meet selected towns people. At Stockton Racecourse the 1st Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment march on to the course and are inspected by the Queen. Includes shots of the Queen making a speech and signing the visitors book. Concludes with the Royal Party's visit to ICI Wilton and their return to the Royal Yacht Britannia anchored at Tees Port.

 

 



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