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Celebrity interview (1975)

Genre

Interview

Duncan Campbell interviews solo round-the-world sailor Robin Knox-Johnston. Topics include his early life; building boats; going into the merchant navy; his round the world voyage; whether his background had...

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Gazette Special - Shells Across the Channel

Date released

26 Aug 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/69

NoS ID

098202

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Allied merchant ships steaming through the Channel are shelled from German guns on the French coast. Destroyer escorts steam amongst the merchant ships laying a smoke screen.

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Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: Merchant Ships’ Defence

Date released

6 Nov 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

544

NoS ID

010379

Story no

2 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Merchant Ships Armed. DESCRIPTION: British Merchant ships are being armed to help combat the U-boats. SHOTLIST: The gun is assembled on the quayside and then swung ashore the boat for...

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Merchant Navy Comforts

Date released

27 Mar 1944

Series name

New Series Pictorial ‘A’

Issue no

417

NoS ID

117534

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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The Prince At Merseyside

Date released

9 Nov 1931

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

2153

NoS ID

385604

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: H.R.H. as Master of the Merchant Navy, makes a tour of the docks.

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Merchant Navy Tribute

Date released

8 Jan 1940

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

989

NoS ID

145490

Story no

7 / 7

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With Our Navy at Portsmouth

Date released

7 Aug 1933

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

33/63

NoS ID

090762

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Rescue of pirated merchant ship by a submarine is the star feature of ‘Navy Week’.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mr Bevin Opens Merchant Navy House

Date released

13 May 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

727A

NoS ID

012701

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ernest Bevin Opens MN House. DESCRIPTION: In Nelson Street, Glasgow Mr Ernest Bevin opens a new Merchant Navy House. SHOTLIST: E Bevin arriving by car. Received by Sir Patrick Dollan....

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Iranian attack on British tanker (1987)

Genre

News report; Interview

On the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, Paul Maurice reports on location from the Gulf on the continually volatile situation following yesterday’s attack on a British tanker by...

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News Briefs: Merchant Navy Memorial

Date released

17 Nov 1952

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1224

NoS ID

018197

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Briefs - Merchant Navy Memorial. DESCRIPTION: At Liverpool, Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope came to unveil the memorial to merchant seamen who lost their lives...

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