Our Sailor King (1932)

Full title reads: “Weymouth. Our Sailor King - ... Vice Admiral The Prince of Wales and Lt. The Prince George, visit and inspect the Home Fleet.“ Weymouth, Dorset. Quick pan across battleships of the British naval home fleet gathered of Weymouth. Lots of ships. One of the ships fires its guns in salute. An older style boat sails in front of the fleet (is this an early Royal Yacht?). One of the warships fires a salute. Sailors line the decks. The older ship raises signal flags. Shot on board one of the ships showing sailors and Royal Marines standing on the deck. More shots of ships with Union Jack flags flying and sailors lining decks. Three cheers can be heard. A rowed launch pulls up alongside on of the ships. King George V is piped on board the ship. He inspects a rank of Royal Marines. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) and Prince George (Duke of Kent) walk along deck. The King and a naval officer stand in front of biplanes of the Fleet Air arm on the deck of an ai
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