Mountbatten Visits HMS Sydney In Malta. (1953)

Unused / Unissued material. Malta. Arrival, C-in-C Lord Louis Mountbatten on flight Deck of HMS Sydney (or possibly HMAS Sydney). Inspection Guard and meeting officers. Inspection of ship’s Company and Australian Contingent of Army and Air Force. Inspection of New Zealand Army and Air Force. C/C shaking hands with Australian VC’s and addressing ship’s company. (Mute F.G.) Old record gives date of 29/04/1953. 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