Gateway To Adventure (1957)

Central Office of Information (COI 342). Government film uploaded as "fair use."

[@TheGearhead222]

Although I served 5 years in the USN (E-5), I have met RN sailors and they are some tough squids! They can join at 16 and every sailor is sent to the fleet with a rating or job (unlike the USN). Tally Ho!:)-John in Texas

[@tamar5261]

I joined when I was 15 and 4 months in 1972. HMS Ganges

[@raydowsett9770]

@@tamar5261 Beat you! Lol January 1957........age 15 and 0 months and 3 weeks.

[@laceandwhisky]

In 2024 it has changed not the getting to serve on a ship just the quality of sailor, soft button pushing gormless not going far children. Yes I used to train them in NBCD and seamanship. Hard hard work 😊

[@royleon3525]

I joined the mob in January 1958. Trained in Electronics at HMS Collingwood then, the RN Electrical College. First Ship HMS Bulwark. Went into dry dock to be converted to a Commando Carrier. 1st, trip 18 month Far East Commission. We took 42 Royal Marine Commandos with us. I was very proud to serve with such a fine body of men.

[@garethgriffiths8577]

Thanks for that Jack from a former Royal did the med ,w indies and the States on her in the mid seventies 40 cdo Loved it

[@ash7182]

One of those RMs was my dad. Always loved his time and looked back on it with great pride.

[@seansteel4449]

It's funny you should say that and this is weird but the beginning and end picture of those sailors pulling on a rope- the 2nd man in looks exactly like my dad who served in navy in the fifties. I really think it is.

[@laceandwhisky]

Awesome seeing earl Mountbatten. Lovely man had time for all in the RN.

[@grahambober8616]

good stuff David. well done for putting this up for the public arena!

[@nikolazekic549]

Am I the only one whose attention is focused on the beautiful received pronounciation of the narrator? As a non-native speaker of this language, I can only admire it, but not use it myself... Warmest greetings to all the good Englishmen, from a Serb.

[@leohouwing8040]

The Good Old Days🇬🇧

[@peterbrunsden380]

Just wonderful stuff, thank you!

[@alanbrown9178]

Had 13 years in the navy, as a "boy", and then man's time, 1960s and 70s. Trained as an Engine Room Artificer and received one of the best engineering trainings in mechanical engineering. Loved the job, but got married and it was time to leave.... Always had steam ships, thankfully!

[@Ron-u1z]

Alan brown, he's I know what marriage means. I was on hms intrepid 86/88 and love it. Now there are no tiffys and the mob are regretting that decision. Now there fast tracking stokers, petty officers stoked within 2/3 years of joining. No experience.

[@allandavis8201]

We in the United Kingdom did so much to advance naval operations and by rote naval warfare, and even now when our Royal Navy is as small as at any time since never, I would still expect and believe that they could not only hold there own but defeat any naval vessel from any navy in the world, the same goes for our Army and RAF, we might be small but NEVER underestimate our skills, determination, resilience, and dedication to protect the United Kingdom, The Commonwealth and our allies. 😀😀👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 P.S yes I did serve, 24 years man and boy, just thought I would mention it before anyone commented.

[@mosesgoldbergshekelstien1520]

Thanks for the upload , what a great film 🎥, sad when our great empires decline

[@nicholasdavies213]

The queens colour featured at the Passing out parade at 17:57 is now laid up in the Brett Ince Chapel inthe college

[@Morganunderwood-x4u]

Its now called the Kings Colour

[@nicholasdavies213]

@@Morganunderwood-x4u not so, this colour was presented by and laid up during the reign of her majesty. Only one which is presented by the king and displays his cypher can be called thus.

[@exJacktar]

Back when the UK had a fleet.

[@Bruce-1956]

That doesn't seem that long ago, 1960s. I lived on the Forth and saw RN ships going up and down the whole day. By the 1970s there were fewer and fewer RN ships going up and down the Forth.

[@tommiatkins3443]

The fleet is massively more effective now than then. The modern Royal Navy would obliterate this fleet in hours. The "destroyers" are as long as a 1900s battleship. Sure we are not world leaders anymore. But apart from The USA, China, & Russia, we have the most effective navy on the planet.

[@exJacktar]

@@tommiatkins3443 if you're putting the Russians ahead of you, you're already in trouble.

[@allandavis8201]

@@exJacktar Only because they spend more on their military than the whole GDP of the United Kingdom, not only that but we tend to spend on QUALITY and NOT quantity.

[@tomsoki5738]

@@allandavis8201 Are you joking? The UK has a higher GDP and military spending than Russia. You are spouting bollocks

[@paddy.7784]

Wonderful stuff.

[@Nobby20]

26/10/64 Joined Royal Navy elite Steam Stoker loved ever minute would I do it again In a heartbeat

[@marcbiff2192]

I remember those yachts.

[@seansteel3499]

The 2nd sailor pulling that rope ( with light blue top) looks like my dad. Lol, He served from 52-62. I wonder if it is!!

[@johnwood1948]

“And a pack of beagles over some very rough country” Yes, I recall the Andrew often had a fondness for a bit of rough.

[@wotnotvintage7762]

Rum, sodomy and the lash ... especially with HMS Gay Cavalier at 18:52.

[@05017351]

What the hell are you chuntering on about?

[@RogerioSantos-jt6bq]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !!!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

[@sirivanhoe8672]

Rogerio Santos yes indeed!🇬🇧

[@Aubury]

A navy we can afford, from a middle sized European state, is all one can expect. The pips are squeaking to afford the carrier program..

[@TheGearhead222]

Lovely jets for the time period-Wonder what model they are?-John in Texas

[@davethurley3006]

Hawker Sea Hawks

[@TheGearhead222]

Thanx Shipmate:)-John in Texas

[@fredw4711]

I made one of those in 1/72 scale when I was teenager

[@tamar5261]

Those destroyers were beautiful

[@laceandwhisky]

Sister ship cavalier is a museum piece you can visit in Chatham like being back in the mob.😊

[@tamar5261]

​@@laceandwhiskyas a young sea cadet in around 1970 I went from Cardiff to Liverpool on HMS Naiad in company with HMS cavalier on her farewell cruise. We had a tour of her. I must visit again.

[@Trek001]

Thats a nice heel on the Frigate at 11:20

[@michaelhill482]

HMS Carron I believe.

[@michaelbrant1668]

Back in the day when the uk had a credible defence and deterrent.

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

Jolie silhouette ce zinc, gracieux.

[@dellawrence4323]

Back when the English owned their country, RIP England, you were once Awesome.

[@sirivanhoe8672]

Del Lawrence we still are, just sleeping thats all!

[@rubydawn1]

My father was on the Bonnie a Canadian destroyer it was like this

[@mayo250]

Which one is the aircraft carrier ? Looks like a Colossus class one.

[@daveybernard1056]

So, what are those carrier planes in the first minute or two?

[@stephenvince9994]

seahawks

[@05017351]

Hawker Sea Hawks

[@williamcarrington61]

H M S Sea Hawk , Cornwall, a welcome tot of rum during Op. Mop-up ( Torrey Canyon)

[@Beechgoose1]

...just before rock'n' roll was PROPERLY invented..i sit on the fence, right now, as to which era was coolest?

[@stevec2940]

What is that prop plane the cadets flying in? Sounds like Baylo ?

[@bazwalk]

Bolton Paul Sea Balliol.

[@alcyonecrucis]

Amen

[@xfire7]

And our roads and hospitals together with our armed forces could all be the envy of the world if it wasn't for uncontrolled immagrantion.

[@ianstewart2335]

There are simply too many holes in our bucket. 😫

[@ianstewart2335]

Fantastic film - rather like 1950’s A-Team… guns / rockets blazing and no one dies!!! Love it. 😂

[@김상희-r3n]

lifeboats were still rowed in 1958?

[@iainstewart9844]

The Montague Whaler was used as a Seaboat in 1970 in the Dartmouth Training Squadron.

[@flagwanker6346]

A cadet/middy on a signal light. They could never read a light to save their lives. Absolutely BOLLOX

[@wotnotvintage7762]

Love the Fairmile at 4:26

[@clydebrown3314]

no health and safety then wasn't everything so easy if you got hurt it was your own fault that old thing of a bygone era common sense when men were men and women were at home

[@teresaponziani7983]

@@harbourdogNL there are still many faithful women out there.

[@chrismc410]

You had WREN officers then.

[@wotnotvintage7762]

@@chrismc410 Ah yes, WRENS ... very well trained in the art of relieving Jolly Jacks of the contents of their wallets and then disappearing out the nightclub door when they were supposed to be going to the loo.

[@highflya2709]

@5:26 so it is soccer!

[@shidzngigglez]

Join the navy, feel a man 👨 😂

[@Beechgoose1]

...as there's not much of the other, between ports! xx

[@wotnotvintage7762]

18:52 P1046 was HMS Gay Cavalier. Hmmm.

[@williampitt3343]

BRMC Dartmouth hasn't changed at all!

[@raybin6873]

Strange how it took awhile to figure out that jet planes performed better with wings swept back...

[@wotnotvintage7762]

Not true ... straight winged aircraft are actually much more controllable, especially at low speeds. The reason for swept wings is to reduce the onset of compressibility at speeds approaching the speed of sound ... not really a problem until the early jets did exactly that, often resulting in the breakup and loss of the aircraft. The solution was swept wings ... whilst accepting the loss of low speed controllability and having much higher takeoff and landing speeds. www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/wing-sweep/

[@raybin6873]

@@wotnotvintage7762 awesome reply! I checked the boldmethod link on wing aerodynamics - I didn't know Mach 1 airspeed occurs directly above the wing! I thought it built up behind the aircraft...so straight edge winged planes are easier to take off and land on aircraft carriers because of better control. I better understand how "hairy " it is to land modern aircraft of today on carrier decks...I learned cool stuff here...thanks! 🇺🇲

[@simonjackson7269]

Rugby you horrible commentator.... Rugby not rugger!!!

[@Dave-id6sj]

rhymes with bugger maybe? back to the barracks for tea and a quick spot of buggery

[@tommarshall1660]

@@Dave-id6sj I missed out on the latter when I was in the Andrew in the 60.s