Title:EXERCISE WELDFAST, OCTOBER 1953 - REEL 1 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1394
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Admiral Mountbatten arrives at Hellinikon Airport, Athens. Officers greeting him include Vice Admiral Pyrros Lappas (Greek Information Officer), Vice Admiral Fife, General Hart (Chief of the American Mission), plus Admiral Lancelot and Colonel Roy (both French); Press conference held at the Joint Information Centre (JIC), Athens. A briefing on Operation Weldfast is given by Vice Admiral Lappas and Admiral Edgar A Cruise (USN). Footage of WRENs working at the JIC, including 2nd Officer Kelso, May Glass and Pamela Skinner. Outside the Naval Building, the Chief and Vice Chief of National Defence and Greek naval ratings (including bugler) await the arrival of Admiral Mountbatten and Admiral Fife; VIPs arrive at Hellinikon Airport, Athens and prepare to depart to the various Exercise locations, including Major General Renzi, Major General Michelis, Lieutenant Colonel Porterfield, Brigadier General Wheeler, Commodore Wartena, Major General Lalatta, Brigadier General Wheeler and General Kitrilakis; (Believed to be) Greek warships at sea of the Isle of Mykonos and pulling into Suda Bay, Malta; US naval regatta of Navarrin Bay, Greece, 24 September 1953; Admiral Mountbatten and others visit flagship; Weldfast being plotted on board HMS Theseus, showing printed materials; Battle fleet in Mediterranean, including destroyer D-18 and frigate F-82. Officer being transferred by bosun's chair; Transfer of mail between two destroyers.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
