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""NEW LOOK"" NAVY
Pictures show, a new 10,000 ton Assault ship called ""HMS Fearless"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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THE LAUNCH THAT NEARLY WASN'T
Pictures show the Indian motor ship ""Rukmavati"" being launched with Hindu ritual from the Clyde shipyard of Ferguson Brothers. She's the first of four vessels costing more than £5 million to be built here for Indian coastal traffic....
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THE YOUNG ADVENTURERS
The 300 - ton adventure schooner, the Sir Winston Churchill, sails up the Thames on her first visit to London since she started her series of cruises at the end of March. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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THE ADMIRAL TAKES TO THE SEA
At a hundred thousand tons, ""British Admiral's"" the largest oil tanker ever built in Europe. The Queen launched the tanker from Vickers Armstrong's yard at Barrow. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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RESEARCH IN A COLD CLIMATE
Two Queen Scouts, Denis Bewsher and Peter Spraggon from Australia join scientists and technicians aboard the relief ship 'Nella Dan', to sail to the Antarctic. The object of the exercise was to relieve the scientists on Macquarie Island,...
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HIGH SEAS RENDEZVOUS TO SAVE PARALYSIS VICTIM
21 year old Sydney Mooney went down with infantile paralysis when the British ship ""Parthia"" was two days out of Liverpool bound for America. A US Coast Guard cutter meets the British liner with a doctor and an iron lung. Disclaimer:...
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FIRST TIME UNDER CANVAS
Leaving Hull, the adventure training schooner, ""Sir Winston Churchill"" prepares for her sea trials under sail. And aboard her, thirty-six youngsters, beginning the first fortnightly training cruise. For most of them it's their first...
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TALL SHIP FOR ADVENTURE
A special naming ceremony at Hull for the sail training schooner, ""Sir Winston Churchill."" Costing a hundred and twenty thousand pounds, she's the first three-master built in Britain for training young people. Disclaimer: British...
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AIR CUSHIONS FOR ALL
The Vickers ""VA3"" is shortly due to start the first hovercraft passenger service across the Dee estuary. It will be able, when fully fitted out, to carry 25 passengers in air-cushion comfort. Seen here is the inventor of the hovercraft...
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EARLS COURT AHOY!
Pictures show some of the newest craft on show at the Boat Show at Earls Court. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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SCHOONER ANTICIPATES LAUNCH!
Gales of hurricane force have been sweeping the country, leaving a trail of destruction and death. Not surprisingly, the high winds were thought to have caused the sail training schooner ""Sir Winston Churchill"" to break away on her...
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DEFENCE - THE BIG DILEMMA
The controversy in Defence circles poses a number of vital questions. Should Britain scrap her aircraft carriers in favour of land based aircraft? Is the F One Eleven, American Swing Wing Bomber, the right plane for the purpose or should...
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ORDEAL OF SEAFARER
With her back broken, three hundred yards from entrance to Table Bay, the South African ""Seafarer"". In spite of high winds and heavy seas helicopters carry out their amazing rescue of seventy six passengers and crew. Disclaimer:...
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THE ROYAL VISIT TO HULL - NO SOUND
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
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THE NEW BLUEBIRD
Before attempting to break the world water speed record, Donald Campbell is making thorough tests at Ullswater in his £25,000 craft. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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NAVAL NEWS
In the Pool of London, the anti-submarine frigate ""Queensborough"" of the Royal Australian Navy was on a six day courtesy visit. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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COWES WEEK
The Duke of Edinburgh was at Cowes for the opening day of the Regatta, and he sailed his yacht ""Coweslip"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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COWES WEEK
The first Cowes Week was held in 1826 - between members of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Today it is one of the main yachting events of the year. Cowes Week actually lasts nine days, and the regatta offers something for everybody and every...
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SEND HER DOWN SIDEWAYS
We show pictures of the ""Ross-Valiant"" being launched at Selby in Yorkshire. She's the largest trawler to be registered at Grimsby. Apart from factory vessels, she'll also be the first diesel electric ship to operate from the port. The...
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THE PRINCE GOES SAILING
Britannia, dressed overall, made a colourful centrepiece to the Cowes Regatta. We took these pictures of Prince Philip sailing his Flying Fifteen Coweslip, given to him by the people of the town. Uffa Fox, his friend and yachting...
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TO PROBE THE ANTARCTIC
An unusual visitor to the Port of London, the 'Norsel' is 1,700 ton diesel-driven Norwegian sealer, specially equipped and fitted out with stores and gear for her trip to the Antarctic, she is taking a combined Norwegian-British-Swedish...
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NEW RIG FOR ""VICTORY""
The re-rigging of Nelson's ""Victory"" is complete. Work started last October, and since then 34 miles of Italian hemp, 3 tons of spun yarn, 300 yards of canvas and over 200 gallons of tar have been used. At last the job is done....
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COMPUTER CARRIER - WARSHIP OF TOMORROW
The aircraft carrier Eagle which was taken out of service to be modernised has been completely rebuilt. This rebuilding plan cost thirty one million pounds and took five years to complete. The nerve centre of Eagle is a complex system of...