Maritime Affairs: Hmas Melbourne

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1395A

Date Released

1 Mar 1956

Date submitted

27 Feb 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ireland V Scotland
2. 2Maritime Affairs: Ferry Boat Icebreaker
3. 3Maritime Affairs: New Tanker
4. 4Maritime Affairs: Hmas Melbourne
5. 5Colonial Secretary Visits Cyprus
6. 6Aqua Jumping
7. 7Marching to the Mosque
8. 8Britain’s Guided Missile

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Section Title

Maritime Affairs

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HMas ‘Melbourne’. DESCRIPTION: HMAS Melbourne, Australia’s newest warship, has been honoured by a visit from the Duke of Edinburgh, who piloted a whirlwind helicopter from Buckingham Palace. The Duke went all over the ship, which was shortly leaving for the Clyde to pick up her aircraft, before leaving for Australia. SHOTLIST: Exteriors of ship. SCU helicopter. Shots of inspection. Long shot of steam catapult with SCU Duke looking at catapult. Captain Gatacre greets the Duke.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Navy; Military

Locations

Portsmouth

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

66111

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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