British Fleet Visits Lisbon (1938)

Lisbon, Portugal. Various shots of warships HMS Nelson, Rodney and Exmouth and 4 destroyers arriving at Lisbon as the British Fleet visits Portugal. The Commander in Chief, Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse receives the President of Portugal, General Carmona on board HMS Nelson. The Admiral goes ashore in a launch. In Lisbon we see the Admiral and other naval officials standing beside a war memorial. 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 webs