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Interview in Plymouth with Ted Anson, Captain of the Ark Royal warship, on his reaction to the vessel’s final voyage and to his own promotion. Male interviewer not identified.
Jim Dallmeyer reports from Plymouth on the final voyage of the Ark Royal warship.
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Rodney Bennett looking at Kew Gardens - its history, importance including for study and research, and day to day running. Visits the gardens and...
Defence Secretary, John Nott at the launch of the new Ark Royal aircraft carrier. He discusses the long-term plans and future designs of the shipbuilding industry. Male interviewer not identified.
Speech by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at the launch of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, Ark Royal at the Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside.
Report on the scrapping of the Royal Navy’s last destroyer in the Daring class - HMS Diamond. Includes an interview with Ken Fincken, whose firm in London won the contract to scrap the vessel.
Report on the planned sale of HMS Invincible to the Australian Government. Includes interview with Captain Mike Livesay, the ship’s commander. Captain Edward Clexton, commander of USS Eisenhower, recalls...
John Munday of the National Maritime Museum on the history of broadside warship weapons. He says the biggest shot fired from a battleship weighed 42 pounds. Male interviewer not identified.
Report on the last firing of the broadside on HMS London. Includes interviews with naval historian John Munday of the National Maritime Museum, about the history of the broadside; former sailor John Riggs,...
Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, lay forgotten in the mud of the Solent for 400 years after being sunk during an attack on Portsmouth by the French. Here we get an account of why and how she sank, and...
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