Escort for HM Queen Elizabeth II, May 1954, in final stages of Commonwealth Tour: Mediterranean.
(Part 1) From HMS Britannia, 2nd May. (Part 2) From HMS Eagle, 2nd May. (Part 3) From HMS ...
Escort for HM Queen Elizabeth II, May 1954, in final stages of Commonwealth Tour: Mediterranean.
(Part 1) From HMS Britannia, 2nd May. (Part 2) From HMS Eagle, 2nd May. (Part 3) From HMS ...
Shots of Area Commanders leaving the building after meeting at HAFMED Headquarters, Floriana, Malta.
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Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI records ...
Scenes from the Queen's Birthday, Floriana, Malta.
Sir Gerald Creasy arrives and makes his inspection. Parade, including a contingent of Girls of the St John Ambulance Brigade. The firing of ...
I. Scenes of shipboard routine during RN East Mediterranean Cruise.
I. Officer pistol shooting on Quarterdeck. HMS Daring and HMS Delight. Pom pom crew in full action rig. Jackstay crossing. ...
Activities of HMS Bermuda in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Mayor of Iskandron (Iskenderun ?), Mr Arkakyam, is welcomed on board HMS Bermuda by Vice-Admiral Reid, and introduced to senior ...
Visit of the NATO Council to Malta.
NATO Council on board HMS Surprise reviews ships taking part in Exercise Medflex Baker. Flypast and sailpast of SHAFE forces watched by, among others, ...
Celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the capture of Gibraltar by Rooke.
Band of the Royal Marines marches on to parade. Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon MacMillan, Governor of Gibraltar, arrives by car and is handed ...
HMS Glasgow comes alongside Parlatorio Wharf in Malta and men of No 3 Royal Marine Commando disembark.
Slow LA.CU pan from port quarter to boat deck of HMS Glasgow as she comes ...
The Commanding Officer of HMS Centaur relinquishes command at Malta.
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Remarks: uncatalogued.
Soldiers of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and the Lancashire Fusiliers being evacuated from Trieste to Malta on the light carrier HMS Centaur, and the frigate HMS Whirlwind.
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848 Squadron demonstrates deplaning by rope, parachuting, and abseiling (necessary if a parachutist becomes entangled in jungle trees). The Secretary of State then goes on to ...
Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma relinquishes command in the Mediterranean, December 1954.
Admiral Mountbatten arrives at Customs House Steps. Sir Robert Laycock (Governor of Malta) ...