HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN AND SUBMARINES ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE SOVIET NAVY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN AND SUBMARINES ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE SOVIET NAVY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1313
  • Other titles: THE ROYAL NAVY IN NORTHERN AND ATLANTIC WATERS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: HMS Royal Sovereign and four submarines are transferred to the Soviet Navy. Sailors of the two nations demonstrate their friendship and mutual esteem.
  • Description: LA of Russian ensign flying from the Arkhangelsk (ex-Royal Sovereign). Onboard the battleship, the translator Lieutenant Berry talks with the Russians. CU of Royal Sovereign's bell. Views of the battleship taken from a smallcraft show the submarines lying to port and starboard. Cut to HA sequence as Admirals Ford and Kennedy-Purvis come onboard, followed by M Gusev - the Russian ambassador delivers a short speech. LA as the Russian ensign is raised on the mainmast. After the ceremony the crews disperse. 'Friendship' material - a British and Russian rating shake hands theatrically, a rather pretty Wren shakes a Russian's hand - he clearly approves and takes her hand in both of his. HA onto the conning towers of Unison and Unbroken alongside - on Unison a Russian and a British submariner stand with their arms about each others shoulders. Sailors of both nations stand together in a friendly group - many of the Russians make Victory signs. The film then reverts to details of the commissioning ceremony and shots of the Russian ambassador and British flag officers.
  • Alternative Title: THE ROYAL NAVY IN NORTHERN AND ATLANTIC WATERS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1313
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-05-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Kennedy-Purvis, Charles Edward (person) Ford, Wilbraham Tennyson Randle (person) Berry, A (person) Gusev, Fedor Tarasovich (person) Royal Navy, Royal Sovereign (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Sunfish (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Ursula (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Unison (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Unbroken (regiment/service) Soviet Navy, Arkhangelsk (regiment/service) Soviet Navy, B.1 (regiment/service) Soviet Navy, B.2 (regiment/service) Soviet Navy, B.3 (regiment/service) Soviet Navy, B.4 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - battleship: Royal Sovereign (object name) ships, British naval - submarine: Sunfish (object name) ships, British naval - submarine: Ursula (object name) ships, British naval - submarine: Unison (object name) ships, British naval - submarine: Unbroken (object name) ships, Russian naval - battleship: Arkhangelsk (object name) ships, Russian naval - submarine: B.1 (object name) ships, Russian naval - submarine: B.2 (object name) ships, Russian naval - submarine: B.3 (object name) ships, Russian naval - submarine: B.4 (object name) economics, international, British/Russian: loan of naval vessels (object name) GB, Scotland & Rosyth, Fife (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: 685 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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