Royal Visit Tasmania (1970)

Newsreel coverage of the 1970 Royal Tour of Tasmania, with commentary. Includes footage of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles and Princess Anne as well as many Tasmanian public figures. Features a knighting and award ceremony in Hobart, apple farming in the Huon Valley, the opening of the newly built North-East wing at the Royal Hobart Hospital, the Royal yacht 'Brittania,' and a derby at the Mowbray Racecourse.

Produced by Tasfilm.

Also view images relating to Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Visits to Tasmania in the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office's Flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tasmania...

Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office: Film -- Royal Visit 1970 -- (sound and colour) 21 minutes 38 seconds, 1970 (Reference: AB869/1/2324)

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• #1970s