Summary: Amateur film shot on board «HMS Amethyst» before and during the Yangtze Incident in 1949, and at the 'victory' parade in London later the same year.
Description: I. Large rowing boat with man, woman and child. Destroyer? [U60 ?]. Four men are lowered in a lifeboat. General river scenes from on board. Oil barrels are hoisted up and emptied into fuel tank [this scene takes place DURING the incident].
II. [In London] Newsreel cameras and press photographers, one on top of a moving car. Crowds line the street. A military band and police officer. Close-up of officers. Crowds, press photographers on ladders. Sign on wall reads "London and Local Newspapers"? Officers stand to attention. Sailors from «HMS Amethyst» march past. Low flying aircraft overhead. St Paul's Cathedral. Military band and parade.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:PMO 30
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1946-1975
Production Date:1949-07 1949-11
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Hett, Kier Stewart1926-09-20Family origin: Sussex (Production individual)
