’royal Sovereign’ Back From Russia (1949)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. ’Royal Sovereign’ back from Russia. Firth of Forth, Scotland. MS British Royal Marines band and British crew lined up on deck of the ’Sovereign’. Pan Naval guard presenting arms, pan to Russians flag being lowered. MS The British destroyer ’Nettle’ Pan. MS British marines and crew lined up on the ’Sovereign.’ CU Marines and Naval officers. MS Russian Flag flying from mast. MS The Sovereign and Russian transport ship side by side for transference of Russian crew. MS Russian sailors marching along deck. LS The ’Sovereign and Russian transport ship and naval tenders. MS Russian transport. MS Sovereign showing naval armed guard. MS Stern of Russian transport. MS Russian crew running round to front of gun turrets. LS Russian transport and Sovereign, accompanied by various small craft. MS British armed guard being inspected by Russian Commodore, Petreshev. MS The Sovereign showing naval armed guard and Marines. CU Sailors watching the Russian transport ship. MS British sailors slipping the tow line, between the two ships. CU Stern of the Russian transport. as it moves away from the ’Sovereign’. MS The transport moving away from the Sovereign. Note: Cuts for 49/13. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.