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  1. HMS Formidable Launches Herself

    Date released
    21 Aug 1939
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    39/67
    NoS ID
    097380
    Story no
    1 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    When Lady Wood, accompanied by Sir Kingsley, arrives at Harland & Wolff’s Yard to launch HMS Formidable, little do they know that the day is to end in tragedy. Half an hour before the ship is due to be...

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  2. Falklands war - SS Uganda requisitioned (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Report on the homecoming of schoolchildren after their holiday cruise ship, the SS Uganda, was requisitioned as a hospital ship for deployment during the Falklands war between Britain and Argentina. Includes...

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  3. The Erin As A Hospital Ship

    Date released
    22 Feb 1915
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    409
    NoS ID
    382763
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS synopsis. The Red Cross board Sir Thomas Upton’s yacht. Total footage not given on issue sheet but calculated at 354ft with titles.

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  4. Tokyo Bay

    Date released
    14 Sep 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/75
    NoS ID
    100812
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Entry of British and US warships under Admirals "Bull" Halsey and Bruce Fraser into Sagami Bay for the occupation of Japan. Allied POWs line quay as warships enter the harbour. They are then taken aboard...

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  5. British Troops Learn to Ski

    Date released
    10 May 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/37
    NoS ID
    099958
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    British troops learn to ski in the mountains of Tripoli in Syria. In the other Tripoli, Libya, 8th Army wounded are transferred to hospital ship from lighters en route to Alexandria.

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  6. Estonia ferry disaster - survivors’ accounts (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    826 people are believed to have died in the Estonia ferry accident, including Briton, John Manning. 138 passengers and crew, including Briton, Paul Barney(?), were rescued and are being treated in...

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  7. Smallpox and typhoid outbreaks (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Interviews on risks of contracting infectious disease following the outbreak of smallpox in Birmingham from a laboratory, Lassa fever (from West Africa) and typhoid aboard Russian cruise ship Litva. With...

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  8. Medical supply ship Argus leaves Plymouth for Gulf (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Chris A’Court reports on the Royal Navy support ship, Argus, which has left Plymouth and will serve as Britain’s floating hospital in the advent of war in the Gulf. The vessel is fully equipped to deal...

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  9. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Australian Wounded Home from Libya

    Date released
    19 May 1941
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    624
    NoS ID
    011679
    Story no
    5 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: AIF Casualties Home. DESCRIPTION: The first hospital ship from the Middle East arrives in Melbourne. SHOTLIST: Wounded men from Libya of the Australian Infantry Force arrive back.

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  10. Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Jap Surrender Mission (First Pictures)

    Date released
    3 Sep 1945
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    848
    NoS ID
    013549
    Story no
    3 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japanese Surrender Mission. DESCRIPTION: Film news from the Far East includes the story of the bogus Japanese hospital ship, Tachibaan Maru, captured off Australia. Aboard the American...

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