HMS Ark Royal Lives Again

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1092
Date Released
8 May 1950
Date submitted
5 May 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HMS Ark Royal Lives Again. DESCRIPTION: At Birkenhead, Her Majesty, recently launched the new aircraft-carrier Ark Royal. It is the fourth Ark Royal, the first fought against the Spaniards in the Armada and the third Ark Royal was the vessel sunk so many times by Lord Haw-Haw. SHOTLIST: Several shots of the old "Ark Royal" during the war also her sinking, starting to. Queen arrives crowds cheer, Queen mounts platform. Aircraft carrier "Illustrious" fully dressed crew lining flight deck. Sermon held before launching, crowds singing. Queen christens new carrier "Ark Royal". Bottle smashes, "Ark Royal" begins to move. Launch out camera, cut-in of workmen cheering. Crowds watch from "Illustrious" & opposite bank. "Ark Royal" in water. Queen watches, also looks out from office at carrier beginning to be towed away.
Keywords
Royalty; Ships and boats; Launchings
Locations
Birkenhead
Footage sources
Gaumont British News Rota
Library
Card file number
53679
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
230
Story extras:
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'HMS Ark Royal Lives Again', British Movietone News Issue No. 1092, 8 May 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16383 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)