Title:SCENES ONBOARD HMS PERSEUS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6654
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY ORDINARY SEAMAN PETER BUCKNALL [Alternative Title]
Summary: Film shot privately by young Naval photographer Peter Bucknall while serving on the aircraft carrier/maintenance vessel «HMS Perseus» records crossing the line ceremony at the end of the Second World War in late August 1945, surf carnival on Bondi Beach (Sydney, Australia - in colour), return voyage via Aden (shore scenes and dhow construction), Suez Canal, Valletta Harbour (Malta) to United Kingdom, where crates of Australian corned beef (bully beef) are unloaded.
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Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY ORDINARY SEAMAN PETER BUCKNALL [Alternative Title]
