POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - ANGUILLAGB

(Reel One) The morning of the invasion (the troops had landed ... ;Britain’s Bay of Piglets’ (Time) and the ‘War of Whitlock’s Ear’ (Spectator). The world’s press ...

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGB

(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 ...

the LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTENGB

The years 1945-1946.

With the end of the Far East war and the resulting chaos, Mountbatten's priority is the liberation of POWs, in which he is greatly helped by Lady Mountbatten. ...

COMPANY OF FIVEGreat Britain

DRAMA. Quinn, an elderly eccentric, believes he has spotted a wanted war criminal behind the counter in a London Labour Exchange.

... , stoked to a dangerous heat by Cairo-propagated rumours that the British had actively aided the Israelis in the Six-Day War, seemed close to provoking a general mutiny of SAA forces. Rumours began to spread in Aden that the British had attacked the SAA, ...

... knocks on door; other members of the patrol take up guard position while officer climbs onto roof. Voice over discusses the warring Aden factions NLF and FLOSY (04:24). Gardner interviews leader of the patrol [Major Ian MacKie (?)] about the role of the ...

... peacekeeping (705). The British Political Agent in Bahrain, Tony Parsons, describes the unifying effect on Arab opinion of the recent war with Israel, and how local demonstrations were anti-Israeli rather than anti-British (730). Scenes in a market place ...

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - ADENGB

A information piece on the work of AFBA, the Aden Forces Broadcasting Authority, responsible for the forces' radio entertainment. A short sequence in the middle of the reel shows an Army ...

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - ADENGB

HMS Albion arrives to help in the withdrawal from Aden. Onshore the Royal Marines stay on the alert.

A small party of British troops, presumably Roman Catholics, prepare for an open-air ...

... Chemist, a stricken German ship, a successful mission achieved with assistance from HMS Salisbury. HMS Hermes, the last post-war conventional aircraft carrier to be commissioned into the Royal Navy, is seen visiting Athens in Greece. Shots of Buccaneers on ...

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - ADENGB

Army patrols in city of Aden conduct house searches and check driver's identity papers. Except at the beginning of the reel, there is little evidence of naval participation.

A sailor ...

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - ADENGB

I. The departing High Commissioner, Sir Humphrey Trevelyan, reviews the Naval task force supporting the British withdrawal. He is accompanied by Admiral Sir Michael Le Fanu, C-in-C Middle East Command, who is to return ...