Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2429

Date Released

21 Dec 1975

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Record Balloon Flight
• 2. Launch of "Hmas Otama"
• 3. Round the World Yacht Race
• 4. Marine Art Exhibition
• 5. British Ice Skating Championships

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Launch of ‘HMas Otama’. DESCRIPTION: HRH the Princess Anne launches a new edition to the Australian Navy, the submarine ‘HMAS Otama’. SHOTLIST: BV submarine in dry dock. CU rudder pan to full length of sub. TV submarine. CU bow. SV Princess Anne arriving. CU HRH talks to crowd. AS submarine. TV deck. SV man holding white flag. WA HRH smashes bottle on sub. CU launch button. WA HRH presses button. Crowd. SV sub doing slipway. LV workmen watching. LV sub in water (2 shots).

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Navy; Military; Launchings

Locations

Scotland; Greenock

Footage sources

Templar Films

Card file number

75/368

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

99

Story extras:

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