Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Anglo-American Naval Occasion

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
680
Date Released
15 Jun 1942
Date submitted
12 Jun 1942
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 2
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King With the Fleet. DESCRIPTION: The King has paid a three day visit to the Home Fleet, inspecting shore establishments and ships. He also visited some of the American ships now serving with the Royal Navy. SHOTLIST: Much of this material was censored. The King enters a barge and visits units of the Fleet, including Submarine Depot Ship and the Battleship HMS ‘Duke of York’. Aboard this flag-ship he is greeted by Admiral Tovey. C-in-C Home Fleet. He inspects the men and divisions and reviews a march past. Then he goes aboard a barge for a trip to American units stationed with the Home Fleet. Here he is greeted by Admiral Stark, who commands the unit and shots of officers and men, including Petty Officer Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. He goes aboard a merchant ship and goes through the lines of the Fleet flying the signal ‘Splice the Main Brace’. All general views of American ships were censored, but the Cuts not censored show the King at a shore station canteen.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Ceremonies; Censorship; Navy; Performing arts; Military
Footage sources
Gaumont
Universal
Card file number
42453
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
221
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Anglo-American Naval Occasion', British Movietone News Issue No. 680, 15 Jun 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12308 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)