Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Famous Capital Ships End Careers

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
973
Date Released
26 Jan 1948
Date submitted
23 Jan 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Princess’s Parcels Are Wedding Gifts
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Mary Pickford Returns to Home Town
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Gandhi Breaks His Fast
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Armoured Units Withdraw from Jerusalem
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Jews and Arabs Co-Operate
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Stunts - On Skis and Roof Tops
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Stunts - On Skis and Roof Top
  8. 8Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Fighting Australian Breakers
  9. 9Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Famous Capital Ships End Careers

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Famous Capital Ships End Careers. DESCRIPTION: Five famous Royal Navy ships are being scrapped. The The battle ship Queen Elizabeth, the Warspite, Valiant, Nelson and Rodney. SHOTLIST: LIBRARY COMPILATION -. KS Warspite’s guns swinging. Aerial - Home Fleet in the Clyde. Several shots HMS Warspite on rocks off Cornwall. Bows of battleship ploughing through heavy seas, water breaks over bows. MS HMS Queen Elizabeth battleship firing broadside (2 shots). Aerial HMS Valiant under way. Pan HMS Nelson’s decks. GV Nelson, also pan of decks. MS HMS Renown. Into camera - several battleships in line ahead. Dusk shot of battleship in fore, sun setting in background.
Keywords
Navy; Military
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
49728
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
147
Story extras:
Film clip

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