News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Sea Power Invincible

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

511

Date Released

20 Mar 1939

Date submitted

17 Mar 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Roosevelt’s Faith in Democracy
2. 2News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Germany Marches into Bohemia
3. 3News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Premier Celebrates 70th Birthday
4. 4News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Mr RS Hudson for Warsaw
5. 5News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Premier Cuts Short Birmingham Visit
6. 6News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Mrs Chamberlain’s Sister-In-Law Weds
7. 7News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Mrs Roosevelt at a Christening
8. 8News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Carnival Days in Rio De Janeiro
9. 9News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Sandown Park Meeting
10. 10News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Budge Beats Perry
11. 11News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Sea Power Invincible

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 11

Section Title

News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Combined Fleet Manoeuvres. DESCRIPTION: The Combined Fleet on manoeuvres. SHOTLIST: The Combined Fleet sails from Gibraltar for manoeuvres. The vessels steam "line ahead" and among them are "Southampton", "Royal Sovereign", "Resolution", "Nelson", aboard "Glorious", "Swordfish" and "Osprey" machines land and one crashes on the lower deck. The planes take off again flagged away by Commander Willoughby, senior fleet air-arm officer. Captain Lyster is in command of "Glorious". At night parachute flares are dropped to show the whereabouts of the fleet. Destroyers carry out evolutions and among these craft are the new "Tribal" class. From aboard "Barham", "Malaya", "Warspite" and "Ark Royal" are filmed.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Military

Footage sources

Great Britain

Card file number

35881

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

120

Story extras:

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