Accent on Carriers

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/67

Paramount Issue No.

1456

Date Released

12 Feb 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Paint Preserves Vital Weapons
2. 2How Allies Repaired the Bridges
3. 3Accent on Carriers

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Battleship "King George V" is visited by Royal family. Montgomery is present. George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose visit the "Indefatigable". The launching of the battleship two years earlier by Queen Mary; engaged already in the war against Japan. In the Indian Ocean - the raid by Air Force on Palembang, Sumatra.

Keywords

Royalty; Aviation; Ceremonies; Navy; Military; Launchings

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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