Leave It to the Navy!

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1839A

Date Released

3 Sep 1964

Date submitted

29 Aug 1964

Date submitted

31 Aug 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 125 Years Ago
2. 2Leave It to the Navy!
3. 3A Rhino Called Rhona
4. 4Goodwood - Top Tourist

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Leave It to the Navy!. DESCRIPTION: For the first time in Naval History, the Home Fleet has been assembled at Portsmouth. This was the ceremonial departure of fourteen warships after the 10 day visit. The frigate Relentless came to the aid of two men in a blazing pleasure boat, and soon extinguished the fire. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Home Fleet leaves Portsmouth harbour. LS Salisbury. CU naval officer. LS frigate Leander. GV Home Fleet. LS frigate Relentless. CU signal man. LS burning motor launch. GV Relentless. CU officer with binoculars. LS Relentless extinguishes fire. MS same (2 shots). MS Relentless’s crew. MS launch alongside Relentless (2 shots).

Keywords

Ships and boats; Ceremonies; Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military

Locations

Portsmouth

Card file number

88790

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive