HMS ROYALIST IS COMMISSIONED IN THE NEW ZEALAND NAVY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS ROYALIST IS COMMISSIONED IN THE NEW ZEALAND NAVY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1598
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: HMS Royalist is transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in the presence of their Prime Minister, Mr Sidney Holland.
  • Description: The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr Sidney Holland, arrives by car and is welcomed aboard by Captain Phipps. Other dignitaries arrive - Commodore Thompson, Commodore RN Barracks
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1598
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1956-07-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Holland, Sidney (person) Royal New Zealand Navy & Royalist (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Royalist (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, New Zealand naval - cruiser: Royalist (object name) ships, British naval - cruiser: Royalist (object name) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 650 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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