Summary

Elizabeth II reviews troops on HMNZS Black Prince during her 1953 visit to Fiji with the Duke of Edinburgh

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 36905 B
Clip SR003775_01_06mov
Date 12/01/1953
Title Elizabeth II reviews troops on HMNZS Black Prince during her 1953 visit to Fiji with the Duke of Edinburgh
Description flags fly on ship's rigging / sailors lower flags / Naval officers on bridge / sailors march on deck / officers and sailors march past Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and salute / officers march down deck toward camera / tilt down sailors march on deck / long shot military men in dark uniforms and pith helmets march past queen and salute, SS Gothic across water / tilt down men in pith helmets marching / Elizabeth and Philip on launch approaching SS Gothic / royal launch approaches ship / Elizabeth walks down stairs of royal yacht the SS Gothic to launch, Philip boards launch then Elizabeth / SS Gothic as launch moves away / VS launch approaches Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship Black Prince / Elizabeth exits launch cabin / Elizabeth reviews troops on deck of Black Prince / man crosses water seated on pulley system from Black Prince to SS Gothic / sailors unstrap man from pulley chair / men leaning over railing of SS Gothic look toward Black Prince with pulley system linking the two ships / Note: exact day not known
Personality Elizabeth II, Prince Philip
Country At Sea

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