Home Fleet Gathers for Great Occasion

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

223A

Date Released

14 Sep 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Marquis De Pinedo Dies in Cockpit on Tragic Take-Off
2. 2Gar Wood Keeps His Speed-Boat Trophy
3. 3King of Belgium Speaks at Antwerp
4. 4Hyperion Repeats with the St Leger
5. 5The King and Queen Attends Scots Kirk
6. 6Home Fleet Gathers for Great Occasion

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Home Fleet Gathers for Great Occasion. DESCRIPTION: Transfer of command to new Admiral causes big concentration of ships in Portland Roads. SHOTLIST: Shot of battleships in Line Ahead. Long shot of the warships at sea. Close shot of officers watching from ship. Aerial of the "Renown" battleship steaming into Portland Roads. Aerial of the Aircraft Carrier "Furious". Shot of the HMS Malaya Battleship. Flags flying from same. Long shot of Battleship silhouette against the skyline.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Navy; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2576

Length of story (in feet)

73

Story extras:

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