Queen Frederika Visits Disabled Boys & Winkfield Tracking Station (1963)

Berkshire / Hampshire. Various shots of slogans on brick wall "No Nazis Here" and "Frederika go Home". CU. Notice board "Lord Mayor Treloar College". GV. Open landscape scene in countryside. GV. Large house which is Treloar College for disabled boys. Various shots of the disabled boys between 15-19 making their way through college. Some have wheelchairs, others limp along. MS. Group of young children wave into camera. Various shots of the Rolls Royce bringing Queen Frederika of Greece to college with a police escort. MS. The Queen Frederika steps from car at entrance to be greeted. MS. Three women taking photographs from window of college. GV. Queen Frederika visiting the workshop where the surgical shoes and boots are made. Various shots of the Queen walking about the college. Various shots of the disabled boys, some in wheelchairs, working at benches with electrical and other equipment. Various shots of the boys making special shoes with some close up shots of the work being carried out - looks just like an ordinary cobbler work. MS. Racks of shoes. Various shots of the Queen Frederika visiting various sections of the college, she talks to some of the boys. LS. Queen's car arriving at Winkfield Tracking Station, some of the aerials in foreground. MLS. Queen Frederika's Rolls Royce arriving. MS. Queen steps from car and is greeted by chief engineers at the station. Various shots of the Queen looking over the vast complex control system which are the brains behind the tracking station. Several shots of the Queen leaving building. CU. Some of the equipment including oscilloscope. Various shots of the Queen visiting the aerials in the grounds, used for the mini track system. LS. Antenna aerial. (Orig.Neg.) Date found in the old record - 11/07/1963. FILM ID:2667.13 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/