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  1. USS Hornet - Last Hours

    Date released
    1 Feb 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/9
    NoS ID
    099829
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    USS Hornet - from its commissioning in 1941 to its destruction off Santa Cruz when attacked by Japanese aircraft and submarines. Attempts are made to take the ship in tow but fail. Men abandon ship, many of...

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  2. Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Princess at Vanguard’s Commissioning

    Date released
    16 May 1946
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    884A
    NoS ID
    013859
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Elizabeth at Dedication of HMS Vanguard. DESCRIPTION: Princess Elizabeth left Greenock on the Royal Barge to go aboard HMS Vanguard for the ship’s commissioning. SHOTLIST:...

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  3. We Fear Nothing

    Date released
    22 Apr 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1768
    NoS ID
    025071
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: We Fear Nothing. DESCRIPTION: We fear nothing. That’s a quotation from the traditional submarine commissioning ceremony. Certainly Dreadnought’s crew of 79 ratings and eleven...

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  4. Movietone’s War Time News - Described by Leslie Mitchell: The Royal Navy - More Power to It

    Date released
    22 Oct 1942
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    698A
    NoS ID
    012484
    Story no
    1 / 2

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Commissioning of "Anson" & "Howe". DESCRIPTION: Trafalgar’s anniversary brings to the minds of all British people the naval might of the Empire and with the commissioning of...

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  5. Old and New Afloat

    Date released
    6 Aug 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1731
    NoS ID
    024739
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Old and New Afloat. DESCRIPTION: The training ship Arethusa is seen here heading for a Chatham dockyard re-fit. Formerly a German grain-carrier trading between Hamburg, Australia and...

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  6. News in Brief: Built in Canada

    Date released
    19 Mar 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1554A
    NoS ID
    022925
    Story no
    4 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Brief - Built in Canada. DESCRIPTION: These pictures show HMCS Kootenay, about to be commissioned at Vancouver. Kootenay Indian Chief Nichols was present, when Rear Admiral...

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  7. Queen Mother Visits Ark Royal

    Date released
    2 Mar 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2126
    NoS ID
    028208
    Story no
    1 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother Visits Ark Royal. DESCRIPTION: The Queen Mother at the latest commissioning of the Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal - following the vessel’s thirty two million pound refit. A...

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