ROYAL NAVY IN ACTION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 27 June 1940, Page 9

ROYAL NAVY IN ACTION

ANTIDOTE TO DEPRESSION STRIKING FILM RECORD i The Royal Navy, the “silent division."' \ is playing an important part against i« the forces of Nazidom. How important . that part is, and how well equipped i, Britain is to meet any move by the t enemy at sea is shown in the most re- j , cent of the March of Time series. "The i < Battle Fleets of England.” to reach Nel- ( son to-morrow. I Because the Admiralty early decided, not to release details of the Navy’s , campaign against U-boats and its other t activities in order to avoid giving in- f formation which might be of value to t the enemy, little has been hoard in re- ; cent months of what Britain is doing at sea. That the command of the sea is Britain’s and will always be Britain’s will be obvious to all who see this film. Pessimism cannot survive more than two minutes of “The Battle > Fleets of England” From a neutral j country has come the most powerful pictorial testimony of the might of the Roval Navy that has even been given to the world That was the opinion of | those who attended a private screen- ' ing of the film this morning at the State { Theatre. Although there are more fighting ships in the Royal Navy to-day than in anv other fleet m the world, the March j ■*f Time 'hows how the strength of the j Fleet is «=till constantly erowing. how more ships are being built and more 1 men being trained to man them. The

training ->f young English bluejackets from boyhood in every phase of sea-1 manship and the quiet efficiency of work at the Admiralty preface thrilling s!lots or units of the Navy in action. Emphasis is placed next on the highly, important roles that Britain’s Home; Fleet. Mediterranean Fleet and China; Squadron are playing to keep open the! sea-iancs over which the foodstuffs and , other necessities vital to the lives or the British people must flow. Equally | gripping nre scenes whirl' ■ ’’ow the | specialised job each typo oi ves must j do to rid the seas of nf .es and U- j boats This unspectacular blit quietly din-! matic record of how the Navy operates j to-day will provide a welcome anli- j dote to any depression induced by the changing fortunes of the war on land