Royal Sovereign Returns Home (1949)

Unissued / unused material. HMS Royal Sovereign returns home having been on loan to Soviet Union / USSR, Firth of Forth, Scotland. Cuts from newsreel story in Gazette issue 49/12. L/S Royal Sovereign warship steaming up the Firth of Forth. C/U the Royal Sovereign. M/S the Royal Sovereign steaming towards the Forth Bridge, part of which is seen in foreground C/U side of ship, showing Russian name painted on it. Shot approaching bridge in foreground. C/U Russian / Soviet ensign flying from the stern. M/S Russian sailors lined up on deck. L/S the ship coming towards the Forth Bridge. Angle shot of the superstructure of the bridge, taken from the ship. M/S HMS Royal Sovereign passing under the bridge. M/S Russian flag flying from bows of ship with sailors seen on deck. M/S ship steaming up the Firth of Forth. Panning shot along bows of ship with sailors and guns seen. Panning shot along the ship. Angle shot of bows of ship. Date given on old record is 10/02/1949. FILM ID: A VIDEO