On Trafalgar Day (1927)

Item title reads: “ On Trafalgar Day. Sir Hubert Brand, C-in-C of the Atlantic Fleet, transfers his flag from . Revenge to . Nelson - named greatest of all sailors.“ Portsmouth, Hampshire, and Liverpool and Newcastle. M/S of ship’s bridge with marines in white helmets on the deck in the foreground. A sailor hauls up the Union Jack ensign on a flag pole. Fog and smoke swirl in the background. M/S of ship’s mast and cross ensign flying. High angle shot of a launch approaching the warship. Officers are piped aboard. M/S of sailor at the top of a mast with flag. Officers inspect marines, and the camera pans around the warship. Various shots of a parade of sailors and civilians in Newcastle, near to a statue of Nelson, and in Liverpool sailors march in bell bottom trousers, followed by a brass band and boys in clerical collars, from a public school ? Note: Good sequence of sailors in bell bottomed trousers. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PAT