Chelsea Flower Show (1969)

Titles read: ’SPECIAL!’. Chelsea Flower Show. This item is in colour. Kent and London. General view of country road with RAC road sign in foreground pointing to ’Blossom Route’. A car comes by, heading in opposite direction. Several lovely shots of apple and cherry blossom on trees. Two sheep are seen in a blossom orchard. We then see various shots of the Chelsea Flower Show in the Hospital Grounds in London. A small waterfall tumbles over rocks in a pretty garden feature. Several shots of Princess Margaret (looking very glam in a white coat with black accessories) and Lord Snowdon (Anthony Armstrong-Jones) being greeted by officials and looking at flowers. The Duchess of Kent (Princess Katherine) looks at exhibits - she is wearing a bright yellow coat with matching hat. Rose-grower Harry Wheatcroft stands beside the rose section with Princess Margaret who sniffs a bloom. C/Us of ’Ginger Rogers’ rose and ’Alec Rose’. Shots of the Queen Mother (former Queen Elizabeth) looking at d
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