Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by John Snagge (Courtesy of BBC): The Royal Navy Mightier Yet

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
605
Date Released
6 Jan 1941
Date Other
Jan 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by John Snagge (Courtesy of BBC)
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Launch of "Duke of York" Battleship. DESCRIPTION: Mr Churchill accompanies Their Majesties to the launching of the navy’s latest battleship. The Queen names the ship ‘Duke of York’. SHOTLIST: MS King & Queen walk past crowds in shipyard followed by Winston Churchill. MS King salutes whilst National Anthem is sung & K&Q wave to crowd. TS massed crowd of shipyard workers. MS The Queen performing launching. TS bottle swings across to ship. MS K&Q. MCU bow of ship as it moves away from camera down slipway. MS K&Q. LS ship. TS crowd. GV Churchill talks to King. GV Churchill, K&Q as King laughs at something Churchill says. GV Ship with tugs.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Music and dance; Navy; Military; Launchings
Card file number
40237
Credits:
Commentator
John Snagge
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by John Snagge (Courtesy of BBC): The Royal Navy Mightier Yet', British Movietone News Issue No. 605, 6 Jan 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11394 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)