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Title: SCOTLAND WELCOMES THEIR MAJESTIES

Reference number: 0673

Date: 1941

Production company: Scottish Movietone News

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9 mins

Description: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Scotland. The royal tour includes Clydebank and Paisley, the National Fire Service Training School and Miners Welfare Centre at Blantyre.

Credits: ed. Gerald Sanger
Presented by Sir Gordon Craig
Movietone specially edited Scottish issue with commentary by Leslie Mitchell

Shotlist: Credits (.14) gvs of George VI and Queen Elizabeth as they pass through crowds during visit to Kilmarnock (.41) The King and Queen tour [Glenfield and Kennedy] engineering factory with shots of the King being introduced to three brothers who all work at the factory. Shots of other workers (1.46) Outside the factory the King and Queen inspect the local Home Guard unit (2.25) Shots of the King and Queen visiting the Hugh Smillie day nursery in Paisley (2.40) gvs of the King and Queen on a "walkabout" prior to visiting a Paisley mill (3.17) gvs of King and Queen visiting a Clyde dockyard and inspecting the personnel (3.32) shots of crowds on Glasgow's King George V bridge (3.35) gvs as the King and Queen are introduced to various people, including Sir Alexander B. King and then boarding "Queen Mary II" steamer. gvs of steamer sailing down the Clyde. Views include passing steamers, shipyards along the river (4.14) arrival unidentified town, possibly Clydebank, and inspection of the Home Guard (4.43) They visit a Clyde shipyard, possibly John Brown's. gvs "walkabout" by royal party. Shots of workers on the skeleton of a tanker under construction (5.13) The King and Queen visit the recently completed National Fire Service Training School in Glasgow, accompanied by Tom Johnston. Demonstration by the fire brigade (5.45) The King and Queen visit an incendiary bomb factory and chat to women workers (6.15) King and Queen visit a miners' welfare centre at Blantyre. shot of Queen Elizabeth bowling and general views of crowds (7.03) The King and Queen visit Leith dockyard and meet personnel from the dockyard and the navy (7.39) King and Queen inspect Civil Defence units at Edinburgh Castle (8.04) Parade of youth at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Wide shots of the royal couple reviewing the parade in the forecourt of the Palace (8.50)