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Summary:Dawn ceremony with Red Ensign and Royal Marine honour guard on board HMS Eagle at Gibraltar; Phase 1 of the final conference of officers on board HMS Glasgow: among those present are Admiral Mountbatten, Rear Admiral Lonslot (or possibly Rosset) of France, Tactical Commodore W J Woods (Chief of Staff to CINCMED); Phase 2 of the final conference of officers on board HMS Glasgow: among those present are Admiral Mountbatten, Air Marshal Reynolds, Air Commodore Barrett (Air Officer Gibraltar) and Admiral Reid; Aerial views of combined British and French Fleet leaving Gibraltar: among the ships seen are HMS Glasgow (the flagship, with Admiral Mountbatten on board); Scenes on bridge of HMS Eagle: among those present are Rear Admiral W T Couchman (Flag Officer of Heavy Squadron), Captain D C Holland-Martin, Captain Jean le Saint (France), Captain C F Enzo Toller (Italy); Briefing of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilots, including use of maps and blackboard and the pilots "synchronising watches". Afterwards, the pilots leave the carrier's island. Navigators work on map pads on deck.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
