Queen Mother Visits Vatican (1959)

Unissued / unused material.



Queen Mother's sightseeing tour in the Vatican museum and Don Bosco's orphanage, Rome, Italy.



Various CUs of religious paintings on walls of Vatican museum. Various shots of Queen Mother being shown around Vatican museum. Various shots of Queen Mother leaving museum and entering waiting car. LS Vatican clock, pan down to Queen Mother's car moving off. CU Papal Guard saluting. More shots of Queen Mother looking around Museum.



Various shots of Queen Mother's drive through crowd lined streets. Various shots of Queen Mother being shown around Don Bosco's orphanage, she meets some of the boys at work in a wood workshop.



Date on dope sheet is April 1959.



NB: spacing between some shots.


FILM ID:2718.26

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