Navy Joins Western Union Fleet (1949)

Full title reads: "Penzance. Navy Joins Western Union Fleet". Penzance, Cornwall. GV Aerial view fleet at anchor off Penzance. MV Aerial fleet at anchor off Penzance. SV Aerial shot of aircraft carrier. SV Bows of aircraft carrier. 2 other carriers in background. Ms of name on British Royal Navy vessel HMS Cleopatra. MS name on French warship 'Le Fantasque'. Angle shot of bows of aircraft carrier. SV Aircraft carrier HMS 'Theseus'. CU Name - 'Theseus'. SV Aircraft carrier 'Implacable'. SV Field Marshal Viscount Bernard Montgomery aboard Implacable saluting as he is greeted by Admiral Sir Roderick McGrigor. They shake hands. MS Royal Marines. CU Monty and McGrigor. MS Marines do rifle drill. MV Rear Admiral J J L Willinge, Dutch C-in-C arrives aboard Implacable and is greeted by McGrigor. MV Willinge inspects Marines. MV French C-in-C, Vice Admiral Lambert, arriving in launch, alongside HMS Implacable. CU pan Monty, Prince Bernhard of Holland / The Netherlands and Admiral McGrigor, Vice Admiral Lambert and Rear Admiral Willinge. LV elevated sailors paraded on flight deck of Implacable. MV McGrigor with French and Dutch Admirals and staff at chart table discussing manoeuvres. CU McGrigor, Lambert and Willinge pan down to chart. SV Battleship HMS Anson at anchor. MV Aerial fleet at anchor off Penzance. LV aerial fleet at anchor off Penzance. FILM ID:1417.15 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/