Sir John Kelly Says Farewell to Fleet

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

224

Date Released

18 Sep 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Doomed Ship Blazes Beached off Caister
2. 2Meet Chief Tshekedi in Exclusive Talk
3. 3Sir John Kelly Says Farewell to Fleet
4. 4RAF Plane Crashes at Brooklands and Racing Car Burns

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sir John Kelly Says Farewell to Fleet. DESCRIPTION: Retiring C-in-C passes HMS Nelson down line of famous ships before striking his flag. SHOTLIST: Shot of ‘Renown’ and other ships of the Home Fleet passing Nelson. Scenes taken from above deck of Nelson. ‘Renown’ passing camera. Sir J Kelly stands alone with hat raised. ‘Rodney’, ‘Warspite’, ‘Malaya’ and ‘Furious’ steam in line ahead. Elevated shot of sailors raising hats in three cheers. CU of officers leading the cheers. Sir John Kelly standing along. Shot from deck of Nelson of the fleet. Sir John Kelly waves hat.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2581

Length of story (in feet)

161

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