• Short Summary

    HMS York at sea.

  • Description

    HMS York.

    Good MS's of the cruiser HMS York leaving the Tyne on builders trials.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2344.11
    Media URN:
    75224
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1910 - 1920
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:15:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:18:35:00 / 01:19:50:00
    Canister:
    ON 222 A

Comments (3)

  1. jamied says

    The current date range of 1910-20 has to be wrong.

    HMS York wasn't even launched until July 1928, and the fitting out that the ship has clearly received here wasn't completed until 1930.

    www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4078710382/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_York_(90)

    www.worldnavalships.com/directory/shipinfo.php?ShipID=431

  2. jamied says

    Comparing the ship in the clip against the second picture on the attached page, it perfectly matches HMS York, so I think we can be confident of that ID.

    The film must therefore presumably date from the early 1930s, (even though the film looks to be older).

  3. British Pathé says

    Interesting. Most of these date ranges are worked out by what else is in the same film can. In this case it seems to be mostly WW1 footage.

    But your research is quite correct. So is this from the 1930s or is it not the HMS York? Any ideas?

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