Churchill and Lord Beaverbrook travel to the Washington Conference on HMS Duke of York on her first voyage

Record ID: 311342

  • Title: Churchill and Lord Beaverbrook travel to the Washington Conference on HMS Duke of York on her first voyage
  • Date: 15th December 1941
  • Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: The Voyage of the Duke of York NORTH ATLANTIC: EXT CHURCHILL, MARY. Now Mrs Christopher Soames. in A.T.S. uniform sees P.M. off aboard "Duke of York". DILL, Major General (Sir John). aboard "Duke of York" w service chiefs H.M.S. DUKE OF YORK. takes Churchill..Beaverbrooke..Pound..Portal Dill to U.S...Mary Churchill A.T.S. says goodbye A.A. gunnery practice aboard GUNS. A.A. practice aboard "Duke of York" NAVAL "Duke of York" takes PM & service chiefs to U.S and A.A. Gunnery aboard PORTAL SIR C. aborad "Duke of York" w other service chiefs POUND Ad Sir Dudley. aboard "Duke of York" w service chiefs Max Aitken, First Baron Beaverbrook, Lance Corporal Mary Churchill, Auxiliary Territorial Service, fighter aircraft, air cover, 14-inch naval guns, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord, Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal, Chief of the Air Staff, Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission, formerly Chief of the Imperial General Staff, anti-aircraft, pom-pom, Washington D.C., crossing, Atlantic Ocean, Arcadia Conference
  • Embargoed: 30th December 1941 13:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: People,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVACG1APZVP8BPZBGSY5HR6RGMEQ
  • Story Text: HMS Duke of York, on her shakedown cruise from the Clyde to Annapolis, Maryland, transports Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his service chiefs and advisors to confer with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the combined Anglo-American Joint Chiefs of Staff in Operation Arcadia
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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