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Description: (1) "Gibraltar's New Governor". Group MS of Lord Gort, Vice-Admiral Somerville and Lieutenant General Sir Clive Liddell.
(2) "Britannia Rules the Mediterranean". LS of fleet at sea. Harbour scenes, Valletta, Malta. MLS, HMS Ark Royal. Hunt Class destroyers in line ahead enter port. Scenes on board a destroyer at sea - MCU as magazine is placed in Breda 2cm flak. LS, convoy, "Aircraft alarm" - MS of breech as 3-inch/20cwt fires. MS, .5 Vickers machine gun. Hunt Class destroyers.
(3) "Bismarck Sunk". Forward 3/4 MS of King George V Class battleship - secondaries fired. Scenes showing the launching of the Bismarck. MS profile of Hitler at the ceremony. CU, Churchill. Forward 3/4 MCU of destroyer, H57 (?HMS Hearty). Destroyers at sea transfer mail. Study of ship's wake at speed. MLS, (?) HMS Ark Royal holding station astern. Cut to chaplain playing cards on the messdeck (of a destroyer). Ratings at action rest. Men asleep in hammocks, playing cards, writing letters home etc.