A DELEGATION OF NATO AND BAGHDAD PACT OFFICERS VISITS PORTSMOUTH [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: A DELEGATION OF NATO AND BAGHDAD PACT OFFICERS VISITS PORTSMOUTH [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1722
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A party of NATO and Baghdad Pact officers visit the Portsmouth naval base, and see one of the Navy's newest ships, HMS Hermes, and one of the oldest, HMS Victory.
  • Description: The delegation visits a Ton Class minesweeper, then crosses the harbour to HMS Dolphin, where they inspect the harbour training submarine HMS Tally Ho (S.87). The visitors pose together for group photographs. They visit HMS Hermes (R.12), where they inspect mirror landing gear and catapult, take a ride on the deck edge lift, etc. Hermes was on trials at this time and her aircraft do not seem to have been embarked - only one Scimitar is in evidence, the second prototype Type 544, WT 859. The group visits HMS Victory, and watches boy's band march past at HMS Ganges.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1722
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 1722)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1960-05-27
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Tally Ho (regiment/service) Royal Navy, DOLPHIN (HMS), shore establishment (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Victory (regiment/service) Royal Navy, GANGES (HMS), shore establishment (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Hermes (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, light: Hermes (object name) ships, British naval - historical: Victory & [sail] (object name) ships, British naval - submarine: Tally Ho (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Supermarine Scimitar & [-] (object name) GB, England & Shotley Gate, Suffolk <HMS Ganges shore establishment> (geography) 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: 879 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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