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  • Short Summary

    Shots of an unknown personality at train station, and battleship sailing off.

  • Description

    Unknown personality.

    MS British Naval man saluting with sword as unknown man walks up to train station, followed by others. MS man walking along platform with others.

    LS big battleship. MS as it sails off with crew lining up on deck (could be Portsmouth in Hampshire with the 'Victory' behind?).

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1932.26
    Media URN:
    73694
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1918 - 1920
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:51:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:25:02:00 / 01:25:53:00
    Canister:
    ON 161 N

Comments (2)

  1. Rob Gray says

    The large ship at the end of this clip is a 'Renown' class battlecruiser, a distinctive type. She is either HMS Renown or HMS Repulse.

  2. mandolin says

    This is the train terminus at south railway jetty in Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. It closed during the Second World War.

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