- Title: AUSTRALIA: PRINCE CHARLES AT SOVEREIGN HILL, BALLARAT
- Date: 28th October 1974
- Summary: GENERAL ARRIVAL SHOTS, FOLLOW TO LICENSING TENT WHERE HE GETS HIS GOLD MINING LICENSE. CROWD SHOTS. WALKS DOWN TO ALLUVIAL MINE WHERE HE CHATS WITH MINER. SEVERAL SHOTS OF HIM WALKING AROUND, LOOKING AT "ITEMS OF INTEREST" LIKET THE BAKERY, TIMES OFFICE, POTTERY SHOP. HE BOARDS A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE, TAKES THE REINS, BELTS DOWN THE MAIN STREET OF THE TOWNSHIP(WHICH IS A MINI-SCENE OF THEDIGGINGS IN THE 1850's) STREWING NEWSMEN AND JOURNOS. IN HIS WAKE(BANFIELD INCLUDED). DISEMBARKS, MARCHES OVER TO ONE OF THE RESIDENT NT "OLD TIME LADIES" OF THE PLACE, ANDCHATS ABOUT THE WEATHER AND ASSORTNDTHINGS...BLOODY BORING. THEN...GENERAL SHOTS FOR BACKGROUND OF SOVEREIGN HILL, WIDE SHOT FROM 400 METRES OF THE SETTLEMENT. ...ALL IN ALL, TODAY WASRATHER A FIZZER, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE SPOKE TO TWO OF US EARLIER IN THE DAY AND INDICATED THAT THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY OF AN INTERVIEW TOMORROW...(TUESDAY) ...AT GEELONG GRAMMAR. Initials ON LOAN PLEASE RETURN DOPE WITH FILM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MELBOURNE
- Country: Australia
- Reuters ID: LVA44K0J4ONSHNB53POLZOM27KB8
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