The Navy Joins Western Union Naval Manoeuvres AKA R N Joins Manoeuvres (1949)

Penzance harbour. Documentation contains various newspaper cuttings about the nine day exercise ’Foil’ by the RAF and US and Western union air forces ended yesterday, warships of the same nations prepared to sail from Penzance for combined operations in the Bay of Biscay. MS the Dutch battle ship - ’Tromp’ LS. Aerial views of the fleet. (4 shots). MS. Aerial view of the Aircraft carrier - ’Implacable’. LS. General aerial views. LS. Another aircraft carrier LS. Vice Admiral Lambert French Navy SCU Lambert talking to another officer MS. Elevated Admiral Sir Roderick McGrigor, British C-in-C shaking hands with Lambert on board French battleship. CU Lambert MS line of French Buglers LS. Admiral McGrigor saluting as he leaves the French ship. (Elevated). MS French officers standing on deck MS. F/M Viscount Bernard Montgomery Commander in Chief Western Union Land Forces chatting with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands on deck of ship. SCU. Lambert, Rear Admiral Willinge and back view of McGrigor chatting.
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