Australian Naval Boat For Scrap (1965)

White Bay, Sydney, Australia. Title reads ’Warrego - Death of a Ship’. Various shots showing Warrego - currently unused navy craft which has just started to be broken up - she was the oldest Australian ship serving in the navy. Various flashback shots to 1940 and the launching of the Warrego by Mrs Menzies now known as Dame Patti Menzies, wife of the Australian Prime Minister - natural sound of her speech. Various shots of Warrego in action during the war. Various shots of the Japanese planes flying low overhead. Various shots of the Warrego in the scrap yard. (Comb. F.G.) Date found in the old record - 24/10/1965. 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 Ga