Western Fleet Manoeuvres (1949)

Off Penzance, Cornwall. MS. Elevated Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief Western Union Land Forces, stepping from launch and walking up gangway of the HMS Implacable. MS. Monty, with Admiral Sir Roderick McGrigor, Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet, shaking hands with officers on deck. CU. Head and shoulders as Monty shakes hands. CU. Monty and Admiral McGrigor. Line of buglers on deck blowing their bugles. Several shots of the naval officers arriving onboard ship. Guard of honour on deck greeting the arrivals. (.) Information found in the old record - Cuts 49/54. 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), Em