The Fleet Leaving Portland (1946)
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Unissued / unused material - location and date unclear or unknown. Portland, Dorset. VS of warships of the Royal Navy Home Fleet setting sail from Portland Harbour for exercises. According to the old records ships include Battleship HMS King George V, Cruiser Birmingham, Destroyers Myng, Zest, Zenith, Zambesi, and Zodiac and the Submarine Seneschal. Old record suggests date as April 1946. FILM ID:2100.05 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 136,000 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 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
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