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Title:SHIPS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET VISIT FRANCE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 1483
Other titles:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Ships of the Mediterranean Fleet visit France for the 10th anniversary of the Anvil landings.
Description: Royal Marines beat the retreat at St Raphael. Symbolic landing of United States forces. Marchpast: Royal Marines, RN ratings and French troops. HM submarine Sentinel and HMS Forth in anchorage.
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, FORTH (HMS), submarine depot ship (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Sentinel (regiment/service)
French Army (regiment/service)
United States Army (?) (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - harbour: Forth (object name)
ships, British naval - submarine: Sentinel (object name)
celebrations, French - event-related (object name)
ceremonies, British - customary: beating the retreat (object name)
ceremonies, French - display: military parade (object name)
Anniversary of Anvil Landings, 10th & 1954 (event)
Saint-Raphael, Var, France (geography)