Home Fleet At Sea (1942)

Location Unknown / Unclear. Aircraft carrier and a battleship of the British Home Fleet being tossed abut in very heavy seas. Various shots of some of the ship’s guns firing. Spitfires flying low overhead. Various shots of the sailors chipping the ice from decks and guns - ice all over. Ships moving through rough seas with the waves breaking onto the decks. 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.
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