| JACK TAR'S A FREEMAN Lord Mayor of Portsmouth gives freedom of city to Portsmouth Royal Navy command. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5952 |
| Catalog #: | 160036 | |
| Clip Number: | 160036-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 65/39 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:25 - 01:48:07 | |
| Location: | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hampshire, Portsmouth MILITARY: Navy, British TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Tall Ship / Clipper Ship | |
| Description: | JACK TAR'S A FREEMAN Lord Mayor of Portsmouth gives freedom of city to Portsmouth Royal Navy command. Portsmouth, Hampshire. L/S HMS Victory. C/U name: "Victory". Panning L/S Victory. Angle shot masts on Victory, pan down to L/S service in progress on board. M/S naval officers saluting. Angle shot White Ensign and signal flags flying on mast. Various shots Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Alderman J. A. Nye planting tree in front of HMS Victory. M/S group of sailors watching ceremony. L/S ceremony in the grounds of historic Southsea Castle. C/U procession of Alderman and City Councillors. M/S Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth Royal Navy, Admiral Sir Wilfred Woods walking with the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth. Panning C/U First Sea Lord Sir David Luce. M/S ceremony. M/S Town Clerk reading address. C/U of the silver freedom of city casket which will be presented to the C-in-C Portsmouth. The Lord Mayor presents the casket to the C-in-C Portsmouth. C/U First Sea Lord watching. Panning shot officer walking down steps from platform carrying casket. M/S guard of honour firing mass volley. M/S guests watching. L/S navy marching past guildhall. C/U feet marching past. M/S sailors marching past. C/U women in crowd applauding. M/S officer marching past carrying the casket flanked by two sailors. | |
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