Learning on ScreenThe King with His Fleet
Series
- Series Name
- Topical Budget
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 2
- Summary
- [1ST SUBTITLE]: "HM at solemn and majestic spectacle which was not merely a review but a requiem." General view of the fleet. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "The Royal Yacht stands out for Spithead - for 500 years the ocean parade ground of the British fleet". Medium close shot of the royal yacht. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Ten years had passed since the historic assembly of ‘Britain’s Sure Shield’ at Spithead on the eve of the Great War". The royal yacht sails down the line of warships. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Mr MacDonald and the Cabinet on board ‘Enchantress’". Shots of Ramsay MacDonald, JH Thomas, Arthur Henderson, Philip Snowden, Earl Beatty and others. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "M Herriot and the Belgian premier". The two men standing with the Cabinet. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "The silence like the silence of a vast cathedral was broken by the roar of the royal salute". Distant shot of the warships firing the salute. [7TH SUBTITLE]: "'Ships shall die but the Navy lives’ - war scarred veterans of the Battle of Jutland". Further views of ships taking part. [8TH SUBTITLE]: "'Ready, aye ready’". Close shot of a warship.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Navy; Military
- Length of story (in feet)
- 206
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- British Film Institute (BFI)
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