Learning on ScreenHMAS Melbourne At The Silver Jubilee Review
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: This year as part of her silver jubilee celebrations Queen Elizabeth II reviewed more than 150 ships; the British fleet and merchant vessels from all over the world. Diana MacLean was there, on board Her Majesty’s Australian Ship Melbourne, a 20,000 ton aircraft carrier which has made a 13,000 mile sea voyage to be there. Royal reviews of the fleet are great historic occasions which date back more than 2000 years. This Week In Britain traces some of that history from the days of the Romans...the age of wooden sailing ships right up to the present day and the sophisticated technology of a modern navy. The film includes historical background and rare archive film from the turn of the century.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes footage from: ‘Spithead Review 1977’ British Movietone News; ‘Great Naval Review Spithead (N.209)' Visnews; ‘King George V Reviewing Fleet 1911’ Pathe; and ‘Spithead Review 1936’ Robert Briggs. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Royalty; Ships and boats; Customs and traditions; Celebrations and festivals; Navy
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/978
- Credits:
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- Director
- Bill Metcalfe
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Presenter
- Diana MacLean
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Support services
- Jennifer Lucas
- Presenter
- Maria Almendra
- Cutter
- Mike Willcox
- Camera
- Platypus Films
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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