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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1975
+THE QUEEN IN HONG KONG+
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'THE QUEEN IN HONG KONG PROVIDES A DRAMATIC RECORD OF AN HISTORIC VISIT.
ELEVEN MINUTES LONG, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGE VERSIONS, THE COLOUR FILM VIVIDLY RECALLS THE EXCITEMENT AND WARMTH WHICH CHARACTERISED EVERY SECOND OF THE THREE-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP ON MAY 4-7.
MADE BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE FILM BEGINS WITH A BRIEF CATALOGUE OF THE HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF HONG KONG.
THEN IT IS STRAIGHT IN TO THE TUMULTUOUS FLAGWAVING WELCOME WHICH GREETED THE ROYAL COUPLE AS THEY ARRIVED AT KAI TAK AIRPORT AND MADE THEIR WAY BY CAR AND LAUNCH TO QUEEN'S PIER.
THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF WATER JETS, CANNON, SHIPS SIRENS, MILITARY MUSIC AND THE HELICOPTER FLYPAST RIVAL THE REAL THING IN
IMPACT AND IMMEDIACY,
THE CAMERAS CAPTURE THE ROYAL COUPLE AND MANY GUESTS AT THE MEMORABLE CITY HALL BANQUET BEFORE FOLLOWING THEM, HOUR BY HOUR, ON THEIR INFORMAL VISITS TO GRAHAM STREET MARKET, MOŘSE PARK, OI MÁN ESTATE, THE OUTWARD BOUND AND THE POLICE TRANING SCHOOLS, TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND THE HAPPY VALLEY RACES.
THE SPECTACULAR WATER PAGEANT AT ABERDEEN AND THE GRAND CARNIVAL AND PROCESSION AT KOWLOON PARK AND NATHAN ROAD FORM THE FINALE OF THE FILM AS THEY DID OF THE VISIT.
· EVERYONE IN HONG KONG WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THE FILM WHEN IT IS SCREENED ON ALL TELEVISION CHANNELS TOMORROW, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28.
THE TIMES ARE: TVB JADE, 7.55 P.M. TVB PEARL, 8.35 P.M. RTV CHINESE, 6.05 P.M. AND RTV ENGLISH, 10.20 P.M.
THIS UNIQUE FILM CAN ALSO BE BOUGHT AND ORDERS MAY BE PLACED AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, STAR FERRY, AND AT THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONG KONG.
IT IS AVAILABLE IN 16 MM AND SUPER EIGHT OPTICAL AT A COST OF $850 AND SUPER EIGHT MAGNETIC AT $950.
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