Navy News

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1934A
Date Released
30 Jun 1966
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Navy News. DESCRIPTION: The Fleet Air Arm entertains the public at Lee-on-Solent, while over in Portsmouth the Navy’s Computer Girls, arrive board FIFE, the new Guided Missile destroyer. They are the first women civilians ever to serve aboard a warship. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. LS helicopter on show at Fleet Air Arm at Lee-on-Solent. MS small boy in cockpit of helicopter. MLS old aircraft on show. MS small boy in cockpit of same. GV pan Sea-Vixens pass overhead. Top shot naval officials watching. GV SRN5 hovercraft in action on beach. GV pan Swordfish passes overhead. GV pan Spitfire ditto. GV helicopter lifting old car. Top shot people watching. GV helicopter drops car pan as it drops to ground. GV Fife the Navy’s new guided missile destroyer in dock. LS ditto. MS pan Mrs J Hayter and Miss J Wicken with naval officials on board Fife. GV radar masts of Fife. LS ditto. LAS life belt to group entering captain’s cabin.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Women; Transport; Navy; Military
Locations
England; Lee-on-the-Solent
Card file number
91282
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
143
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'Navy News', British Movietone News Issue No. 1934A, 30 Jun 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26488 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)