Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY SIR GEOFFREY THISTLETON-SMITH [Alternative Title]
Summary: Life on board the battleship HMS Nelson.
Description: Nelson enters Grand Harbour, Malta; ship's crew lined up on deck. Firing practice at sea; target is towed by a second ship accompanying Nelson. Recreation scenes show a tug-of-war contest (officers vs men) and deck quoits. Crewmen relax ashore, and have a picnic on the beach. Seaplane takes off from harbour.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY SIR GEOFFREY THISTLETON-SMITH [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 2839
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:To be established
Featured Period:
Production Date:1932
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Thistleton-Smith, Geoffrey1905-05-101986-11-13Captain, 1944; HMS Pembroke, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham (in Command), 1952; Chief of Staff to C-in-C Home Fleet and Eastern Atlantic, Dec. 1953; Rear-Admiral, 1954; Admiral Commanding Reserves, 1956–58; Vice-Admiral, 1957; Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, 1958–60, retd. CC West Sussex, 1964–77. DL Sussex, 1972 (Production individual)
