Title:GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS ITEM: BACK HOME WITH THE "JOLLY ROGER" [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 520
Other titles:HMS SAFARI RETURNS TO PORTSMOUTH [Alternative Title]
Summary: Newsreel item showing the return to Portsmouth of HMS Safari.
Description: HA.MS from ship at anchor as HMS Safari rounds starboard quarter; men crowd the rail to watch the submarine pass - in background an auxiliary coastal AA vessel lies alongside with Fairmile 'B' rescue launch. LA.MS of submarine's skull and cross-bones missions flag flying above ensign Safari is cheered as she passes. End shot of crew with Commander Ben Bryant, Safari's original commanding officer and her present captain, Lieutenant R B. Larkin - they pose with the missions flag which bears emblems symbolising gun actions, ships sunk, cloak and dagger operations and a lighthouse which represents Safari's rôle as beacon submarine of TF 86 in the Sicilian landings.
Alternative Title:HMS SAFARI RETURNS TO PORTSMOUTH [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:ADM 520
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-09
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Gaumont British (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK (geography)
