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The "Royal Sovereign" Becomes "HMS"

Date released

14 Feb 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/13

NoS ID

102773

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

After many delays, the 33 year old battleship "Royal Sovereign" loaned to the Russians for the war is handed back to the Royal Navy at Rosyth by units of the Soviet Fleet.

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image

Frigate (1983 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1996 sale: £9.95 (+p&p)

Two official films of the Royal Navy, featuring two generations of ships. FRIGATE (1972) is about life for young officers on board F40 ‘HMS Sirius’, a Leander class frigate. BOXER - FOREWARNED IS...

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Falklands war - merchant navy (1982)

Genre

News report

Paul Maurice reports on the UK merchant navy fleet which will be deployed in the South Atlantic to aid the Royal Navy task force which is heading for the Falkland Islands following the Argentine invasion.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Rosie’s Run Ashore: interviews with officers of ships open to the public on Portsmouth Navy days, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday (1978)

ROSIE’S RUN ASHORE [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] Transmission on Radio Victory on Wednesday 23 August 1978 at 21.45hrs which comprises of interviews with officers of ships open to the public on Portsmouth...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Royal Navy in the 1940s: The War Years (2014)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

Compilation of Royal Navy films from the 1940s, including the 947 Royal Naval Review in the Firth Of Clyde with over 100 ships, the combined RAF and Royal Navy Exercises of 1948 and the Combined Western...

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Fearless Navy (1978 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 66 min., 1996 sale: £9.95 (+p&p)

Three films recalling some lesser known aspects of the Royal Navy. BROAD FOURTEENS (1945) was shot in Weymouth and features the work of the men on the motor torpedo boats. DRAGON SQUADRON (1973) follows the...

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Destroyer (1982 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 44 min., 1996 sale: £9.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Two official films of the Royal Navy, featuring two type 42 destroyers lost in the Falklands in May 1982. ‘HMS SHEFFIELD’ (1975) contrasts life aboard D80 ‘HMS Sheffield’ with Gibraltar shore...

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Navy minesweeper in Gulf (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview on board with Royal Navy captain on minesweeping operations off the coast of Kuwait during the Gulf crisis. Says they are well-prepared; outlines their anti-aircraft capabilitites. Male interviewer...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Royal Navy in Persian Gulf (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

George Matheson spends a day on patrol with the Royal Navy’s HMS Jupiter. Includes interviews with the ship’s navigator, David Reindorf(?), and the captain, John Wright.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Queen Mother launches Ark Royal (1981)

Genre

Speech

Speech by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at the launch of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, Ark Royal at the Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio