ROYAL NAVY EXERCISES

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ADM 2008).

Synopsis

(Reels 1-3) HMS Albion (R.07) in the Far East (off Malaya during the Indonesian confrontation ?). Includes Westland Wessex helicopter parked up - Royal Marines in full kit come up to deck on the lift. Other ships include HMS Intrepid (L.11), HMS Tarbat Ness and HMS Triumph.

(Reels 4-5) HMS Hermes operating Buccaneer aircraft during Exercise Coral Sands, October 1968.

(Reel 6) Marine landing during Exercise Coral Sands, October 1968.

(Reel 7) Pearson, Exercise Coral Sands, October 1968.

(Reel 8) Members of the Gurkha Regiment off-duty in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Coral Sands, October 1968.

(Reel 9) Exercise Coral Sands, October 1968. Landing at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, Australia,

Nine reels showing the Royal Navy on various exercises during the 1960s.

 

Titles

  • ROYAL NAVY EXERCISES (Allocated)
Series Title:
POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS
 

Technical Data

Year:
1969
Running Time:
42 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
2027 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB