British Fleet (1910-1929)

Battleships at sea Location unknown. Probably pre WW1. Opening footage of the two Russion battleships of the ’Andrei Pervozanny’ class - ’Andrei Pervozvanny’ and I’mperator Pavel I’ followed by a number of unidentified large ships. At 6 seconds, cut to the battlecruiser HMS Lion prior to or early in the First World War. Possibly July 1914 Fleet Review at Spithead. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.