A Trip around Portsmouth Harbour

From the collection of

Wessex Film and Sound Archive
Wessex Film and Sound Archive is based in Winchester. Providing the opportunity to see and hear history, the archive contains nearly 40,000 film, video and sound recordings relating to Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, ranging from late Victorian times to the present day. It includes both amateur and professional material, local newsreels, military and maritime subjects, as well as footage produced by individuals, businesses and organisations.

A Trip around Portsmouth Harbour


Starting with a view of Tony Glover's fishing boat, which was used by the expedition team, we get views of nearby warships at the moorings. We also see Greyhound, a rubber dinghy, being towed by the expedition's catamaran. A team member sits aboard the dinghy seemingly at peace with his pipe. Alongside an aircraft carrier we see helicopters on its deck before returning to a view of Portsdown Hill in the distance.


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