HMS Renown Comes Home (1942)

Titles read: “HMS RENOWN COMES HOME“. Scotland. Various shots of battle cruiser HMS Renown arriving in Scotland and passing under the Forth Bridge. It drops anchor and unloads any live ammunition. The men leave the ship to start shore leave as the ship now goes for overhaul. Nice shot of a sailor with packages running along the dockside - he looks pretty pleased to be on leave! 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.
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