Invaders On The Victory (1947)

Item title reads - Invaders on the “Victory“. Portsmouth, Hampshire. The camera pans down Nelson’s flagship “Victory“. Aerial shot of the deck. A man walks down to deck and sprays . (chemical insecticide) into a hole in the wood. C/U’s of holes in the wood made by death watch beetle. He collects the beetles in the chrysalis stage and taps them out onto wood. 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.
Back to Top