Press Association
Defence Secretary hosts AUKUS meeting - full press conference
The UK and Australia are to begin discussions on a formal treaty between the two countries as part of their own nuclear submarine programme. UK Defence Secretary John Healey said the bilateral agreement would “bind” their alliance into...
Press Association
Defence Secretary uses Tory conference stage to announce deployments of troops in Balkans and RAF in Poland
The Defence Secretary has announced £4 billion of contracts with British firms to develop the “most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy”. Speaking on the main stage of the Tory conference in Manchester, Grant...
Bloomberg
US Commissions New Battleship USS Canberra in Sydney
Australian and US forces on Saturday began two weeks of drills as part of "Exercise Talisman Sabre." At the same time, the US officially commissioned a new battleship in Sydney, the USS Canberra, one of just a handful of warships to be...
Bloomberg
MP-IDSA's Swasti Rao on India-Germany Submarine Deal
Germany and India are closing in on a deal to build diesel submarines in the South Asian country as Russia's prolonged war in Ukraine pushes New Delhi to expand its sources of military hardware beyond top supplier Moscow. Dr Swasti Rao,...
Press Association
Full presser: Sunak joins Biden and Albanese for Aukus meeting
Filmed 13 March Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference with US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese at Point Loma naval base in San Diego, US, to discuss the procurement of nuclear-powered...
Press Association
Australian Prime Minister tells of ‘warm’ meeting with the King
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had a “warm” meeting with the King and respected him as the country’s head of state, despite being a republican. The politician, in the UK ahead of the coronation, spoke after joining...
Press Association
Ben Wallace press conference with Australian PM - in full
Defence secretary, Ben Wallace, delivers a press conference alongside Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, at BAE Systems in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
British Movietone
U-BOAT PERIL - EXCLUSIVE MOVIETONE SURVEY - NO SOUND
Lord Winston speaks on the grave menace of the U-Boat. Our shipyards continue their increased output and women are amongst the work force. Captured German film shows the activity onboard a U-boat that is out on patrol. Disclaimer:...
British Movietone
NAZI SABOTAGE GANG GRABBED BY G-MEN -
The FBI in America have rounded up German spies who were intent on sabotage. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
British Movietone
HMS ""SIDON"" LIFTED
The slow and difficult process of lifting the submarine ""Sidon"" has been completed. Buoyancy tanks played a big part in raising the ship 40 feet from the bottom of Portland Harbour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
British Movietone
HMS TRUCULENT LOST IN THAMES ESTUARY
The British Submarine ""Truculent"" which was rammed by the Swedish ship ""Divina"", sank within a minute. This is one of the most tragic naval disasters in peace time since the sinking of the ""Thetis"" in 1939. Disclaimer: British...
British Movietone
THE PRINCESS IN SCOTLAND
One of Princess Margaret's engagements was at Glasgow Cathedral: the unveiling of stained glass windows in memory of officers and men of the Services in Scotland. The Princess then visited the submarine base at Care Loch and inspected...
British Movietone
Navy:
His Majesty inspects Home Fleet during gale at Portland. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy...
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ITALIAN
An Italian submarine being chased by a British destroyer just makes it into the safe harbour in Tangier. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
British Movietone
EXPLOITS OF A FREE FRENCH SUBMARINE -
Arriving back in a northern port a submarine of the Free French Navy which has seen much action in the last three years. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
British Movietone
Nyon Agreement signed.
Anti Submarine Piracy Policy in the Med. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not...
British Movietone
PRINCESS ANNE BOARDS SUBMARINE 'COURAGEOUS' - MUTE
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British Movietone
WATER WORLD:
The Mangla Dam - in West Pakistan - the second largest in the World, has just been officially opened. ® In Sussex, a demonstration of an under-water research vehicle that can descend to a depth of a thousand feet. ® In the Bristol...
British Movietone
THE END OF AN ERA
Throughout our life-time the battle-ship has been the nucleus of Sea Power. New battleships to join the Fleet in world war two included HMS ""Anson"", named after George Anson, a great Naval figure of the 18th Century. And HMS ""Howe"",...
British Movietone
ON THE WATER
Britain's fourth and last nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Revenge, is commissioned at Birkenhead. ® ® Launched in London, Europe's first fully automatic light buoy, which could eventually replace the thirty two lightships round...
British Movietone
U-BOAT HUNTERS KILL SIX -
Four sloops, the ""Starling"", ""Wild Goose"", ""Kite"" and ""Magpie"" return to Liverpool after routing a U-Boat pack in the North Atlantic. A fifth sloop, the ""Woodpecker"", was lost but all her crew were saved. The First Lord of the...
British Movietone
HM SUBMARINE ""ANDREW""
HM Submarine Andrew at anchor in the Pool of London. Though never firing in anger, her claim to fame was her Atlantic Crossing - the first Submarine to cross from Bermuda to England submerged. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
British Movietone
Britain Mourns Loss of M2 Victims
At St. Anne's dockyard church, relatives attend sad Naval Service at Portsmouth. ® Sub.1. Meanwhile, England pays her last tribute at sea with service aboard HMS Adamant. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
British Movietone
SUBMARINE MEN HOME AFTER MANY SINKINGS -
HMS ""Snapper"" returns to base with German prisoners onboard. HMS ""Seal"" also returns. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...