Honour The Navy (1919)

Zeebrugge and Ostend revisited on 1st anniversary of the attack of 23/4/1918. Belgium. LS bridge with man walking on it. Title - ’The “Vindictive“ - whose glory shall never fade’. MS looking towards a gun on the “Vindictive“; one of the partially sunken ships. Pan past more of wrecked ship. Title - ’ - and today the tattered emblem of Britain’s might proudly braves the breeze. Honour the brave!’ MS tattered ensign of Royal Navy flying on one of the ships, long pier in background, houses of town beyond. CU flag blowing. Title - ’The Broken Mole - destroyed by blowing up an obsolete submarine’. Pan across parts of an exploded submarine on beach. (British navy sunk their own ships at Zeebrugge to try to close off Belgian harbour to the Germans who were using it). 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
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