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This clip from a home movie, filmed by Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, begins with the intertitle 'H.M.A.S. Sydney’. Sailors stand on the top deck of a submarine as it cruises past the camera. An intertitle introduces ‘The Royal Yacht’ as it motors past.
Curator’s notes
A naval review is often held at Spithead, Hampshire, for special occasions such as jubilees, visiting dignitaries or, as in this case, coronation. This home movie, filmed by Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, captures the monarch reviewing its fleet.
