HMS SUPERB VISITS SAN FRANCISCO [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS SUPERB VISITS SAN FRANCISCO [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1554
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The visit of HMS Superb to San Francisco, July 1955, where she entertained 500 children from local orphanages. Includes shot of President Un U of Burma passing Superb in a motor yacht.
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  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1554
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1955-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Un U (person) Royal Navy, Superb (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Superb (object name) society, British naval - friendship (object name) San Francisco, California, United States of America (geography)
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