Mute print of film showing the life of Royal Navy crews defending the Atlantic convoys during the Second World War.

New crews arrive at ships, and go through routine processing - having medical inspection, receiving kit. Life onboard is shown: PT, drill, semaphore and ropework classes. Training at shore station: lifeboat drill, rowing, gunnery practice. Recreation. Parade with marching band. At docks, supplies are loaded onto the ship. Further scenes of onboard life: the deck being swabbed, the bakehouse, simulated combat using the big guns (with stock shots of target "hit"), religious service, crewmen's mess. Relaxation and hygiene - haircutting, laundry, erecting hammocks, sailors sleeping. Final sequence shows King George VI coming onboard the ship that bears his father's name; he inspects the crew.

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Remarks: cataloguing should be considered incomplete, due to the lack of sound.

Remarks: end leader has a very brief scene (printed in negative) of two dancers on a stage (from a feature film?).