Navy Department

Navy Department

British Government ministerial department responsible for the Royal Navy until 1997

The Navy Department was a former ministerial service department of the British Ministry of Defence responsible for the control and direction of His Majesty's Naval Service. It was established on 1 April 1964 when the Admiralty was absorbed into a unified Ministry of Defence, where it became the Navy Department. Political oversight of the department originally lay with the Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy (1964–1967) it then passed to the parliamentary under-secretary of state for defence for the Royal Navy (1967–1981), then later to the parliamentary under-secretary of state for the Armed Forces (1981–1990), and finally the parliamentary under-secretary of state for defence (1991–1997).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 324 films (1942–1972) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 60 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1943 MEETING AT NIGHT Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 20 min 16mm Color Optical sound
1943 MEETING STEAM VESSELS Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 18 min B&W Optical sound
1943 REASSEMBLY OF THE B-268A ENGINE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 36 min B&W Optical sound
1943 RULES IN FOG Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 17 min B&W Optical sound
1943 SPEED DROP Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 5 min 16mm B&W Optical sound
1943 SVEA-NEWPORT INCIDENT, THE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 3 min B&W Optical sound
1943 VARANGER-DORA WEEMS INCIDENT, THE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 4 min B&W Optical sound
1942 ASTRONOMICAL TRIANGLE, THE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 37 min B&W Optical sound
1942 AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 25 min Filmstrip B&W Optical sound
1942 CITY OF ROME INCIDENT Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 5 min Color Optical sound
1942 COPPERSMITH, THE - FLARING AND REDUCING Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 20 min B&W Optical sound
1942 DIESEL ENGINE, THE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 29 min B&W Optical sound
1942 DISASSEMBLY OF THE B-268A ENGINE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 27 min B&W Optical sound
1942 FIRST IMPRESSIONS ▶ Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 21 min 16mm B&W Optical sound
1942 FIRST IMPRESSIONS (SPANISH) Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 21 min B&W Optical sound
1942 MARINE DIESEL ENGINES FOR POWER BOATS Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 16 min B&W Optical sound
Talking With Dolphins Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) Color Optical sound
AIRCRAFT ENGINE R5180-30W - PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 15 min B&W Optical sound
ARCTIC SHIPPING - MSTS ARCTIC OPERATIONS Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 25 min Color Optical sound
BASIC LAYOUT TOOLS, PT 2 Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 7 min B&W Optical sound
BED BATH, THE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 18 min B&W Optical sound
CATALASE TEST, THE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 6 min Color Optical sound
INSPECTION AND PREPARATORY STEPS Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 8 min B&W Optical sound
VITAL OCEAN, THE Department of the Navy (Department of Defense) 29 min Color Optical sound