Royal Naval Review (1953)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II reviews the fleet at Spithead off the coast of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Various L/S's of the ships of fleet. SV. Pan Queen and Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) boarding Surprise. GV. Queen's standard flying at masthead. SV. Queen and Duke greeting ship's captains. SCU. other officers being greeted. M/S Sir Winston Churchill boards Patricia. SCU. Sir Winston poses with Trinity House officers. CU. Churchill looking out to sea. CU. Mr. Attlee with naval officers. SCU. Earl Alexander (Viscount Harold Alexander, Conservative Defence Minister) talking to Trinity House officer.
SV. Pan Queen walking towards observation post. LV. Queen and Duke wave from Surprise. SCU. Queen and Duke waving to crowds on shore. M/S of Princess Margaret on Suprise. Various shots of the fleet firing gun in salute. CU. Queen looking through glasses. C/U Winston Churchill. M/S H.M.S. Vanguard flagship of the Home fleet.
C/U Duke salutes as Queen smiles. LV. U.S.S. Baltimore. SV. Russian Cruiser Svordlov. SV. Queen says something to Duke and laughs. CU. Queen and Duke waving. LV. Pan Queen and Duke pass aircraft carrier. Angle shot Queen waving. SV. Queen Mother chatting to Lady Mountbatten and Admiral McGrigger SV. Crew of H.M.S. St. Kitts cheering. Side view sailors board H.M.S. Glasgow waving.
LV. Pan Surprise approaching Italian training ship (Amerigo Vespucci) LV. Crew lining Italian ships yardarms. SV. Duchess of Kent and daughter Princess Alexandra watching from Surprise. SCU. Lord Mountbatten (Earl of Burma) looking out to sea. SV. Queen and other members of Royal family waving to Planes.Aircraft included in flypast include, Swordfish, Dragonfly helicopters, Firefly, Seafire, Skyraiders, Sea Fury, Sea Hornet, Avenger, Gannet, Vampire, Meteor, Attacker, and Sea Hawk. SV. Queen and Royal party watching fly past. SV. Royal party watching. Various shots of ships lit up at night time, fire works exploding.
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[@hilaryeccles4872]

Wonderful to see this. My Dad was a petty officer on HMS Eagle having served through WW2. I have a few photos from him of this day but seeing the footage has been quite special. Thank you. A happy day for him after some very hard times in battles.

[@philbedford8979]

3 of my late dads ships were featured here, Agincourt, Contest and Magpie that must have been an amazing sight. I remember seeing the 77 review and as a 13 year old was in awe of seeing all those warships in the Solent. Thanks for posting.

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

Just look at what Pride we had for our Royal Navy back in the day !!! Now we have maybe 30 major Surface ships and no fighters !!! I'm glad we are getting two new CVFs but they should have been built with Cats & Traps ! That way we could be more effective with the US Navy and French (cross decking) plus the US Navy's F-35C is a more effective fighter ( longer range,more payload, less money and less maintenance ) a bad choice again by us !!! It would be more cost effective in the long run and F-35C would be available sooner ! God save the Royal Navy RN 1978-1986

[@CommandoGreen]

We need are Navy back! Thanks for the video love it!

[@torccchaser6712]

Great footage !

[@nietzchepreacher9477]

It used to be bloody huge

[@davidcollinson5076]

Ah, the days where Britain was great, and the RN the best in the world.

[@markallan3842]

When did we stop this tradition ?

[@reaperslaughter4554]

Current RN doesn't even have enough ships to support such grand fleet review

[@chriscrook4481]

In the days when we actually had a navy - more like a flotilla these days😢