HMS Excellent - Portsmouth (1920-1929)

HMS Excellent - Portsmouth in Hampshire. Military demonstration. British Royal Navy sailors perform a fast-paced drill; pulling guns carriages; setting up guns; etc. Much running back & forth; changing positions; transporting guns across stadium; climbing over and under barriers; etc. Navy band plays at side. Note: footage is very light. 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.