"Ready...Aye...Ready" (1933)

Full title reads: "Portsmouth. 'Ready ... Aye ... Ready' Whilst Nations are still talking war debts, reparations, disarmament, economic crises, etc. etc., - 'Britain's Bulwark' carries on a s silently and efficiently as ever." Portsmouth, Hampshire. Shot of large British Royal Navy warship moving out of Portsmouth Harbour. People watch from the dockside as the ship moves out. It appears to the be the battle cruiser HMS Hood. Shots of a small military band playing on the deck. More shots of the ship further out to sea. Shots of other Naval vessels. FILM ID:693.24 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/