Home for Christmas

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1698A

Date Released

21 Dec 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Back with a Hat-Trick
2. 2Top Cats
3. 3Dancing Down Under
4. 4Underground Parking
5. 5Fast and Ferocious
6. 6Home for Christmas
7. 7Norway’s Present

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HMS St Brides Bay Returns. DESCRIPTION: Arriving after sixteen years’ service in the Middle and Far East, HMS St Brides Bay got a great welcome at Portsmouth. The frigate, streaming her 300-foot paying-off pennant, was ending her last voyage, for she’s to be scrapped.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Navy; Military

Locations

Portsmouth

Card file number

83617

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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