I am very grateful for this historical showing as I myself even am ex merchant navy served on Tide Reach commissioned to the Royal navy refueling the home fleet and commonwealth, thank you I thoroughly enjoyed this how courageous these men were.God bless them.
What had the poor personnel done to get KB Lager? A horrible sweetish beer that we used to call "Kids' Beer"! In all seriousness a n nice bit of pleasure for the crews. Named after the Kent Brewery, on Broadway, in Central Sydney - closed in 1985. Thanks for a great series. No doubt my father would have been amongst the crowds to see the BPF arrive in Sydney Harbour in 1945.
I work in the heritage railway sector. We get a number of donations including VHS tapes. This is the source of most of the railway films. The Royal Navy tapes I bought for my father a number of years ago and kept them after he passed away. He served in the RN in the Pacific during WW2
Thank you so much for this Alan. Been a naval history buff for a number of years but I've never come across your content before and it is superb. I knew about these ships histories but I'd never seen so much fantastic footage. I only recently learned that the maintenance carriers used pontoons to transfer badly damaged aircraft onboard and here we are with your footage of Pioneer and Unicorn doing just that! I'm amazed you don't have a lot more views. Would it be okay to recommend your video to a few fellow naval history buffs?
Certainly, I don't own the copyright. Apologies for the lengthy delay in replying. My dad served mainly on the aircraft component repair ship, HMS Deersound
excellent-surprising to see an oelerkin on the Ramillies-the anti aircraft armament on the r class battleships was pathetic-the japanese through away a priceless chance to dominate the indian ocean in april42 with inadequate reconnaissance off ceylon and the horn of india. Sommerville knew the kutai butai would have decimated the british indian ocean fleet and wisely choose to avoid battle
I represent Roland Smiths widow who owns the shared copyright of this and other Roland Smith videos along with the Imperial War Museum. Margaret Smith has given permission to another party to download these videos to you tube, and therefore would be obliged if you would take these videos down. You must know these videos are copyright and that you are making money from other peoples hard work. David W Bolton.
I am very grateful for this historical showing as I myself even am ex merchant navy served on Tide Reach commissioned to the Royal navy refueling the home fleet and commonwealth, thank you I thoroughly enjoyed this how courageous these men were.God bless them.
This archival footage is priceless, entertaining and so historically significant. I feel like I’m there.
What had the poor personnel done to get KB Lager? A horrible sweetish beer that we used to call "Kids' Beer"! In all seriousness a n nice bit of pleasure for the crews. Named after the Kent Brewery, on Broadway, in Central Sydney - closed in 1985. Thanks for a great series. No doubt my father would have been amongst the crowds to see the BPF arrive in Sydney Harbour in 1945.
Thank you for posting! Such a great series.
This is amazing, thanks for posting. Along with your steam archive footage, it is a great resource. Where was it all hidden I wonder?
I work in the heritage railway sector. We get a number of donations including VHS tapes. This is the source of most of the railway films. The Royal Navy tapes I bought for my father a number of years ago and kept them after he passed away. He served in the RN in the Pacific during WW2
Thank you so much for this Alan. Been a naval history buff for a number of years but I've never come across your content before and it is superb. I knew about these ships histories but I'd never seen so much fantastic footage. I only recently learned that the maintenance carriers used pontoons to transfer badly damaged aircraft onboard and here we are with your footage of Pioneer and Unicorn doing just that! I'm amazed you don't have a lot more views. Would it be okay to recommend your video to a few fellow naval history buffs?
Certainly, I don't own the copyright. Apologies for the lengthy delay in replying. My dad served mainly on the aircraft component repair ship, HMS Deersound
What are they doing ? Why is the chaos ? 36:12
Hello! My father Stanley Reginald Lucas eas a gunner I believe on an aircraft carrier... would love to find a crew photo?
Mundane but critical
excellent-surprising to see an oelerkin on the Ramillies-the anti aircraft armament on the r class battleships was pathetic-the japanese through away a priceless chance to dominate the indian ocean in april42 with inadequate reconnaissance off ceylon and the horn of india. Sommerville knew the kutai butai would have decimated the british indian ocean fleet and wisely choose to avoid battle
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I represent Roland Smiths widow who owns the shared copyright of this and other Roland Smith videos along with the Imperial War Museum. Margaret Smith has given permission to another party to download these videos to you tube, and therefore would be obliged if you would take these videos down. You must know these videos are copyright and that you are making money from other peoples hard work. David W Bolton.