HMS ARK ROYAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL NAVAL REVIEW AT HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS ARK ROYAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL NAVAL REVIEW AT HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1829
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: HMS Ark Royal at the International Naval Review for the 350th anniversary of the founding of Virginia.
  • Description: RM band plays on Pier Five in Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, where HMS Ark Royal is alongside. On the other side of the quay lies the 60,000-ton carrier, USS Saratoga, and the Spanish Navy's training ship, the four-masted schooner Juan Sebastian de Elcano. Officers visit Ark Royal. Cut to sequence showing men at liberty in 'The Mariners' Museum' at Newport News - men from Ark Royal look at cannons, a photograph of a statue to Leif Ericsson. Men look at preserved examples of public stocks, pleasant suburbs, a windmill, or merely enjoy the sun in the Jamestown Festival Park. Among other attractions are a recreated Indian village, replicas of the settlers first ships, Susan Constant, Discovery and Godspeed, and a reproduction Seventeenth Century settlement. Cut back to the International Naval Review and views from Ark Royal of Saratoga lying out in the roads with the French cruiser De Grasse and two Iowa Class battleships. There is a massed flypast - McDonnell Demons, Douglas Skyrays, Sabres, Skyhawks, Skyraiders, Skywarriors.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1945-1975
  • Production Date: 1957-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Ark Royal (regiment/service) United States Navy, USS SARATOGA, aircraft carrier (1955) (regiment/service) French Navy, De Grasse (regiment/service) Spanish Navy & Juan Sebastian de Elcano (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Ark Royal (object name) ships, United States naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Saratoga (object name) ships, British naval - cruiser: De Grasse (object name) ships, Spanish naval - STR: Juan Sebastian de Elcano & [sail] (object name) celebrations, United States - event-related: anniversary of the founding of Virginia, 350th (object name) ships, United States civilian - historical: Susan Constant II & [sail] (object name) ships, United States civilian - historical: Discovery II & [sail] (object name) ships, United States civilian - historical: Godspeed II & [sail] (object name) USA & Norfolk, VA (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: 888 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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  • Notes: Summary: The International Naval Review on 12 June 1957 comprised 113 warships from the United States and guest nations. The British contribution was HMS Ark Royal and the destroyers Duchess and Diamond. During their week at Norfolk the three ships were visited by approximately 40,000 people
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