The Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2509
Date Released
3 Jul 1977
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Story No. within this Issue
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Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jubilee Spithead Review. DESCRIPTION: From the deck of the Royal Yacht ‘Britannia’, Her Majesty the Queen and members of her family review the ships of the British Navy which had assembled off Spithead. From the Movietone Film Archives we look back at other Fleet Reviews - The Silver Jubilee Review of George V, the 11 year old Princess Elizabeth at the 1937 Coronation Review and the Coronation Review of 1953, when from the deck of HMS ‘Surprise’, the newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth II reviewed Her Fleet. As the Royal Yacht sailed along the lines of ships, the Company of each gave Her Majesty ‘three cheers’. At the end of the Review came the fly-past of the Helicopters of the Fleet Air Arm. In the evening, the Queen dined aboard HMS ‘Ark Royal’, the Flag Ship of the Review. SHOTLIST: GV Portsmouth Harbour - HMS ‘Victory’ through arch. Pan down masts to ‘Victory’. GV ‘Victory’. CU bow. Black & white Library Material showing British battleships in line ahead. Shots battleships through rough seas. GV fleet at Spithead lined up. GV ditto. GV ‘Britannia’ out of Portsmouth Harbour. MS naval guard of honour presents arms. GV royal yacht slow zoom to Royal Standard flying. CU the Queen on board. Pan crowd on quayside waving. GV royal yacht leaves harbour. Zoom in crowd from harbour. GV royal yacht. Crowds waving from fortress. MS the Queen and Prince Philip looking through binoculars. GV small boats. MS ditto. LS royal salute fired. SV the Queen, Lord Mountbatten and First Sea Lord. B/W Library Material showing scenes from King George V’s Silver Jubilee in 1935 - SCU Duke of Kent, Duke of York and Prince of Wales - various scenes. Queen Elizabeth talking to Sir Samuel Hoare and The Duke of Kent. Princess Elizabeth talking to Lord Mountbatten - various scenes of Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation Review of the Fleet 1953. LV royal party on deck of ‘Britannia’ including Prince Edward. CU Prince Edward looking through glasses. GV Australian aircraft carrier ‘Melbourne’. Pan sailors cheering from ‘Melbourne’. CU Queen waving. SV HMS ‘Fearless’. SV Queen and Duke. CU Princess Anne. Pan sailors cheering from Dutch ship ‘Tromp’. CU sailors cheering from HMS ‘Devonshire’. Aerial ‘Britannia’ passing ships. Aerial ditto. Officers cheering as ‘Britannia’ passes in background. SV Queen watching with Mountbatten looking through binoculars. GV HMS ‘Blake’. Pan sailors cheering from ‘Blake’. SV Prince Charles looking through binoculars. Pan sailors cheering from HMS ‘Galatea’. GV ‘Galatea’. SV the Queen and Prince Edward. SV sailors cheering from USS ‘California’. GV ditto. CU ‘Britannia’ sailors. CU past HMS ‘Phoebe’ (used in television series). SV Queen and Duke waving. GV training ship fully manned (cadets lining rigging). LV crew waving from mast. LV royal party watching from ‘Britannia’. SV Queen looking and waving. Pan sailors cheering from submarine. CU Queen waving. GV crews on other submarines. GV flypast of Fleet Air Arm - helicopters Lynx, Gazelles and Sea Kings. Aerial over French ship ‘Duquesne’. LV naval officers watching flypast. SV Prime Minister Callaghan watching flypast. Helicopters fly overhead. Aerial over HMS ‘Ark Royal’. SV Queen steps aboard ‘Ark Royal’ in evening dress greeted by C-in-C Fleet Sir Henry Leach. SV pipers. CU ‘Ark Royal’s’ bell. Queen walks out of frame with officers, Lord Mountbatten shakes hands with officer followed by 2 ladies on right is Mrs Callaghan. followed by Mr Callaghan. Firework sequence. GV fleet lights up.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Ireland.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Locations
Portsmouth; English Channel
Card file number
77/110
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
714
Story extras:
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'The Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet', British Movietone News Issue No. 2509, 3 Jul 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31004 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)