# " EAGLES OF THE FLEET " 1950s ROYAL NAVY RECRUITING FILM HMS VENGEANCE HMS HERON 85654

This black & white educational film "Eagles of the Fleet" was made by the British Government as a recruiting and information aide for the Royal Navy. The first part of the film shows shore training at HMS Heron aka Yeovilton, a facility sited a few miles north of Yeovil, Somerset. The second part of the film shows flight operations, training and a mock attack staged by HMS Vengeance (R71), a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier. The film features Fairey Firefly and Hawker Sea Fury aircraft. Copyright 1950, with narration by Sir Ralph Richardson. Opening titles: Crown Film Unit - EAGLES OF THE FLEET (:08-:34). Sailboats on the ocean. Royal Navy aircraft fly over civilian sailboats and warships at sea. Naval Air Station HMS Heron. Men and women at work, side by side, at the naval station. Oil is changed on a plane by a female mechanic aka Rosie the Riveter type. Men and women play pool. Men drink pints of beer. A man gets a trim at the barber. A couple gets married. A child. Homes, women walk (:35-2:24). A group of men and women at attention. Commanding officer saluting lower ranked men. Band plays. Men and women march. The naval base at the Rock of Gibraltar. A Royal Navy aircraft carrier with men on deck. At 3:40, HMS Gabbard D-47m a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, is seen leaving Gibraltar. Carriers sail out onto the Mediterranean Sea, with Fairey Firefly and Hawker Sea Fury aircraft visible on deck (4:14). The particular one visible can be ID'd by the marking…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/85654-the-eagles-fleet)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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