Trafalgar Day

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2422

Date Released

2 Nov 1975

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trafalgar Day
2. 2Motor Cycle Racing
3. 3The Kruger National Park

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trafalgar Day. DESCRIPTION: On 21st October 1805 Britain won a great sea battle off the Cape Trafalgar, but lost its most popular hero, Admiral Lord Nelson. A hundred and seventy years later on board Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory, a simple ceremony commemorates the events of that day and the flying of the famous signal which has stirred the heart of many an Englishman "England expects that every man will do his duty". SHOTLIST: WA Trafalgar Square. CU Nelson on column. GV HMS Victory at Portsmouth. WA Victory’s cannons (2 shots). CU cannon. AS Victory’s masts. CU bow windows pan. MS public entrance. WA interior Hardy’s cabin pan. SV Nelson’s table in Hardy’s cabin. SV items on Nelson’s table. WA ceremony on poop deck. CU water bucket. WA flags being raised. CU picture of Nelson on deck. SV flags being raised. LV flags flying. CU painting of battle (4 shots). GV painting of confusion on deck, Nelson fallen. CU Nelson lying on deck. SV Frenchman aiming rifle (2 shots). WA wreath laid on plaque by naval officer. CU wreath on plaque where Nelson fell. SV pan surgeon’s cabin and dispensary. WA dispensary. CU surgeon’s tools. SV officer laying wreath below deck where Nelson died. CU "Nelson Died Here". WA wreaths round where Nelson died. CU painting "Death of Nelson" by AW Davis. SV pan Madame Tussaud’s sailors dying on Victory. WA Death of Nelson tableaux Madame Tussauds. CU waxworks Nelson & Hardy (2 shots). CU Nelson. CU bow of Victory. GV Victory.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Weapons; Arts and crafts; Ceremonies; Navy; Military; History and archaeology

Locations

Portsmouth; Hampshire

Card file number

75/339

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

284

Story extras:

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