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BRITISH MILITARY TRADITIONS : In The News This DVD gathers together much rare and never before seen cinema newsreel and television archive footage of historic ceremonies to salute and celebrate British military traditions. These precious films record not only world-famous spectaculars like the Trooping of the Colour but also one-off poignant events such as the victory parade by the crews of HMS Ajax and Exeter after the Battle of the River Plate. Highlights include: • The Trooping of the Colour ceremony from 1939, 1952. 1964 and 1969. • The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace from 1935, 1941, 1943 and 1956, featuring the Royal Marines, Home Guard and RAF Regiment • Victory Parades from 1919 and 1946 • Victory Parade of Ajax and Exeter crews after the sinking of the Graf Spee – 1940 • Passing out parades from Sandhurst & The Royal Naval College. • Highlights from the Royal Tournament • Edinburgh Festival Highlights from 1947 and 1961 • Aldershot Military Tattoo Rehearsal (1935) • The Band of the Royal Marines regiment perform the ceremony of Beating the Retreat in 1950 Region 2 Pal Europe
90 mins ... DVD . . . £14.99 + £1.50 p&p 
NAVAL REVIEWS : In The News A nostalgic collection of newsreels and television reports, celebrating the history and spectacle of the Royal Naval review; traditionally an occasion to show strength during times of war, the reviews became hugely entertaining ceremonial displays. Included here are some historical Reviews dating back to King George V, as well as some notable ones of our 'Elizabethan' age. Region 2 Pal Europe
90 mins ... DVD . . . £14.99 + £1.50 p&p 
FORTIES NAVY - Flying Machines ... available once more The Royal Navy's flying capabilities developed rapidly during World War Two. This programme reflects the development by way of three Royal Navy training films from the film archives of the Imperial War Museum. Catapult Ships (1940): Instructional film shot on HMS Pegasus; Deck landing (1942): Instructional film on carrier take-off and landing; Carrier Flying (1946): Corsair crash on HMS Nairana, Landing trials on Illustrious, DH Mosquito March 1944, First carrier landing of a DH Vampire on HMS Ocean in 12/45 "Fantastic" Flypast September 2005 "A high quality, educative programme totally deviod of gimmicks" Aircraft Illustrated August 2005
FA243D . . B&W 76 mins .. DVD . . .
£16.95 + £1.50
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70 mins ... DVD . . . £12.99 + £1.50 p&p
FA206D . . B&W 54 mins .. DVD . . .
£16.95 + £1.50
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70 mins . . . FT103D . . . £14.99
60 mins . . . FT112D . . . £14.99
75 mins . . . FT114D . . . £18.95
TTT . . 56 mins ..
DVD . . . £12.99 + £1.50
p&p  SOMME . . . Here Comes Kitchener's Army. The Battle of the Somme has a particular place in British social history. The opening day of the campaign on the 1st July 1916 is remembered as the worst day in British military history. As the mainly untried recruits of Kitchener's New Army went over the top, they were annihilated by the waiting Germans. There were more than 60,000 casualties, nearly 20,000 of them dead. It was a campaign that began in the sweltering heat of summer and ended four and a half months later, bogged down in a sea of mud. This programme details the opening phase of the battle and explains why so many young men volunteered. As the battle ground on through the summer the losses among the troops became critical. This was the result of Field Marshall Kitchener's policy of 'attrition', this literally meant throwing thousands of troops against the German lines in the hope that sheer numbers would effect a victory. This policy has been a matter of controversy ever since. Many of the surviving troops found it difficult to forgive Haig, as have many historians and researchers since. This programme charts the final stages of the battle, as the British army slogged its way across the devastated ground. Only a few miles had been gained for the loss of untold thousands of lives
TTT . . 56 mins .. DVD . . .
£12.99 + £1.50
p&p  YPRES - The Salient The city of Ypres in northern Belgium was destined to become the most fearsome killing ground of the Great War. Known universally to the troops as the Salient (this to describe any feature which jutted out from the series of trench lines, which ran 600 miles from the North Sea coast to the Swiss border). Soldiers who were posted here approached Ypres with a sense of dread. They knew the chances of their surviving were remote. This programme deals with the formation of the Salient in 1914 as the rapidly advancing German army swept all before it. They were faced by the regular soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force. Only 100,000 strong, they were the world's finest soldiers. Created as a kind of superior police force, it had been their job to protect the Empire. Now, they faced a well trained and disciplined German force flushed with a string of victories. The subsequent bitter fighting around the city resulted in the British maintaining their foothold, one that they maintained for the rest of the war. The Battle of Messines was the first great Allied victory of the war, a masterpiece of planning.
TTT . . 56 mins .. DVD . . .
£12.99 + £1.50
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Shipmates' Links
 HMS Gambia Association An award-winning and informative site to an obviously happy ship. A great deal of interest here on this smart Colony Class Cruiser of World War II, and a site well worth a visit. Site run by Bill Hartland, a self-confessed ex-Bootneck Bandy, and naturally, site has the best music to introduce it .. . HMS Cavalier .. the Royal Navy's last World War II destroyer, now preserved at the old dockyard, Chatham. A superb site, lots of photos, and a must for any matelot, whatever ship he served on. HMS Edinburgh . . . page created and maintained by David Orton for this memorable cruiser, famously lost en-route to Russia. HMS Howe .. & sisters ..... old shipmates now have a website, run by ex AB Gerry Burtenshaw, now in Canada. The link takes you to the first of 9 pages of thumbnails. This is a particularly fine set of some several dozen pics of battleships Howe, KGV, POW, and Anson. Sea trials, convoys, Suez Canal, foreign ports and march pasts, a really lovely collection of memories of what I think were the smartest and sleekest warships ever built for the Royal Navy. We'll not see their like again. World War Cruiser Operations . . . a superb site, even if the name is a bit of a misnomer. For the site covers everything naval, from carriers down to destroyers and subs ... an amazing number of good quality pics, dozens of video clips, many sound clips of veterans telling their own experience, and a full indexing facility to search for any ship or action. At over 300 pages, it's one of the most comprehensive on the web. I spent a fascinating hour there, and only saw a fraction of what there is. I only forced myself to leave because it was the middle of the night and I needed some sleep! So be warned, it's compulsive viewing for naval buffs. I also get a lot of family history enquiries re warships, so will be referring same to this site frequently, as well as looking in again for my own interest.
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