World News (1951)

Item title reads - World news. London Airport. M/S aeroplane taxiing to a halt, C/U of its name “Star of Edinburgh“. M/S as film and singing star Frank Sinatra descends the steps with his new film star wife Ava Gardner. Good C/U of them smiling at the bottom of the steps. He has come to perform at the Midnight Matinee. L/S crowds gathered at Coliseum for the show, they file through the doors. M/S of a group of sailors entering. L/S as Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) take their seats in the royal box. Intertitle - ’Italy’. M/S flooded archways. M/S of a flooded railway station, C/U of point lever sticking out of the water. M/S of three landing craft getting underway. C/U of officer onboard. M/S of people waving to stranded landing craft as it nears. C/U calf laying down and looking mournful. M/S as a pony is taken onboard. M/S calf being taken onto the landing craft. M/S of livestock on the raft. M/S looking towards livestock on raft as they near