1943 ROYAL HARVEST Their Majesties and the Princesses tour Sandringham Estate to inspect

Date: 19th August 1943

Location: SANDRINGHAM HOUSE, SANDRINGHAM, ENGLAND

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: ROYAL HARVEST

Sandringham House, Sandringham, England: GV Sandringham House seen across lawn. LV Sandringham pan to flower beds. SV Pan up flower beds. Track away showing beetroots and parsnips growing in flower bed. GV Pan from Sandringham to stubble growing on lawns (rye has been harvested here) SV King and Princesses on bicycles and Queen in trap with groom, Mr. French (who has been in family since reign of Queen Victoria) CU King pan to Queen in trap. GV Royal family riding through trees and fields, Queen in trap and others on bikes. CU King riding bike pan to BV Queen in trap and Princesses on bikes behind. CU Princess Margaret Rose riding bike and wearing scarf on head. CU Princess Elizabeth riding bike. LV Pan Queen riding in trap. CU Queen riding in trap. GV Royal family arrive at field, King getting off bike. SV King and Queen talking to farmers. CU Queen pan to King laughing.

GV King and Queen and family in field, looking at stacked oats with farmers. CU Oats pan up to King with Margaret Rose. GV Another field showing harvesting in progress. SV Royal family walking along looking at wheat growing, Princesses holding dog leads. CU Dog. SV Dog following Princess Elizabeth pan up to Royal family looking at wheat. SV King and Queen looking at wheat. CU King looking at wheat, frowning slightly (plaster bandage on ear) GV Machines in field harvesting, party watching. SV Machine pan to King and family following. CU Land army girl driving tractor, pan to wheel past. SV Tractor and cutting machine past King looking on. SV Track back showing machine cutting etc. GV King and Queen and others in field watching. SV Princess Elizabeth climbing onto cutting machine. SCU Elizabeth on machine. SV King watching Princesses on machine.

CU Princesses riding on machine watching operations. SV King and Queen watching pan to machine in field. SV Princesses getting off machine. CU Pan dogs covered in hay pan up to Princess Margaret smiling. Low Angle shot: Royal family watching machine. Shot through turning wheel of King looking on. LV Royal family watching cart arrive with hay. CU Farmer working. SV Princess Elizabeth and King, looking at horse. CU King looking at horse. SCU Elizabeth leads horse away. SV Queen talking to farm workers children. CU Queen talking to children. CU Pan from little boy to little girl with plaits who turns shyly away. SV Queen getting into trap. SCU Queen stroking dog on her lap. LV Princesses getting on bikes pan to Queen in trap. SV Queen making signal for pony to start. CU Queen in trap moving off. FULL CU Queen riding in trap. SV Trap past camera pan to Royal family on bikes. SV Elizabeth on bike past camera followed by King on bike.

Royalty; King George VI of Great Britain (1936-52), Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, the Queen Mother (1900- ), Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (b. 1926, reigned 1952- ), Princess Margaret (Rose) of Great Britain, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930), Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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