Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Famous "Carrier" Comes Home

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
876A
Date Released
21 Mar 1946
Date submitted
12 Mar 1946
Date submitted
18 Mar 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Indefatigable Returns to Portsmouth. DESCRIPTION: HMS Indefatigable returns to Portsmouth from war service in the Far East. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Aerial of HMS "Indefatigable" anchored at Portsmouth dockyard. Various aerials of her. Ground shot of her approaching quay. Cut-ins of crowds lining jetty. Good MCU of men and women waving to ship - could be hello or goodbye - Crew lined up on flight deck. Civilians board carrier, sailors on flight deck walk into camera; paying-off pennant flying. Civilians walk along flight deck. Sailors point to Nazi and Japanese symbols being the number the aircraft carrier has shot down. MS of symbols.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Navy; Military
Card file number
46660
Credits:
Camera
David Prosser
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Famous "Carrier" Comes Home', British Movietone News Issue No. 876A, 21 Mar 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13785 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)