1 MB13 Mountbatten Papers: Thames Television series The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten MB13/1 Black and white photographs to illustrate each of 12 programmes MB13/1/1 Programme 1: The King's ships were at sea (1900-17) MB13/1/1/1 Studio photograph of Prince Louis and Princess Victoria of 1901 Battenberg with their four children. Princess Victoria is holding the infant Mountbatten on her lap. [Similar to MB2/B2/3 and photographs in boxes MB3/52 and MB3/66] MB13/1/1/2 Photograph of the Battenberg family on board HMS 1902 Implacable, surrounded by the ship's officers. Mountbatten is sitting on his mother's lap. [Similar to MB2/N6/8 and MB2/C3/104] MB13/1/1/3 Photograph of Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg, later Lord c.1907 Mountbatten, aged seven. Head and shoulders only, wearing a sailor suit. MB13/1/1/4 Photograph of Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg sitting on 1906 a garden chair, aged about six. He is wearing a white sailor suit. [This photograph appears in album MB3/B2] MB13/1/1/5 Photograph of Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg feeding his 1906 pet rabbits. [This photograph appears in albums MB2/N6/65, MB2/C5/144 and boxes MB3/86 and MB3/50 ] MB13/1/1/6 Photograph of Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg dressed in 1904 a hooded cloak and sitting on a tree stump in the grounds of Kendal's Hall, Hertfordshire. [This photograph appears in albums MB2/N6/29, MB2/C4/24 and MB2/B2/27 ] MB13/1/1/7 Photograph of Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg with his 1906 sons Prince George and Prince Louis on board HMS Drake. Prince George is wearing the uniform of a naval cadet. [Also appears in MB2/C5/123, MB2/N6/56, MB2/B2/55, MB3/50 and 87] MB13/1/1/8 Photograph of Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg 1908 driving a donkey cart in Valletta. With him are his nieces, Princesses Margharita and Theodora of Greece. [Also in MB2/N2/136, MB2/N6/84] MB13/1/1/9 Photograph of guests at a fancy dress ball in Valletta 1908 including Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg dressed as a Cossack, and his father, dressed as a Russian imperial falconer. MB13/1/1/10 Photograph of Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg (later Lord 1913 Mountbatten) in the uniform of a naval cadet, standing outside 2 Mall House in London. [Also in albums MB2/N6/130, MB2/B2/181 and boxes MB3/3/50 and 86] MB13/1/1/11 Head and shoulders portrait photograph of Prince Louis 1907 or 1908 Alexander of Battenberg, later first Marquis of Milford Haven. He is in naval uniform. [Also in album MB2/B2/73] MB13/1/1/11A Portrait photograph of Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, c.1907 later first Marquis of Milford Haven. He is in naval uniform, but bare-headed. [Also in album MB2/B2/84] MB13/1/1/12 Photograph of the officers of HMS Lion, on board their ship. 1916 Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg, later Lord Mountbatten, sits in the centre of the front row, in front of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty. He wears the uniform of a midshipman. MB13/1/1/13 Envelope containing captions for photographs used in Programme 1. [Identical to captions attached to preceding photographs (MB13/1/1/1-12)] MB13/1/1/14 Typewritten list (incomplete) of 55 photographs of Lord Mountbatten during filming at various locations including Malta, Singapore, Broadlands 2 pages of handwritten list of similar photographs, lettered alphabetically MB13/1/2 Programme 2: The Kings Depart (1917-22) MB13/1/2/1 Photograph of the Tsar, Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse, Prince Jul 1909 Louis of Battenberg (later Lord Mountbatten) aged nine and his cousins, Princes Waldemar and Sigismund of Prussia. They are on board the Russian Imperial Yacht as it passed through the Kiel Canal. [Copy of MB2/N6/113] MB13/1/2/2 Photograph of Prince Louis of Battenberg (later Lord Jul 1909 Mountbatten), the Grand Duke of Hesse, the Tsar, his daughters Grand Duchesses Olga and Anastasia and Prince Sigismund of Prussia. They are standing on the bridge wing of the Russian Imperial Yacht. The head and shoulders of the Tsarina are visible below. [This photograph also appears in album MB2/N6/113 and MB2/B3/320] MB13/1/2/3 Photograph of Prince Louis of Battenberg (later Lord 1910 Mountbatten) with the four daughters of the Tsar outside Friedberg Castle, Hesse. His nieces, Princesses Margarita and Theodora of Greece are sitting in a carriage with the Tsarevich. [Also appears in MB2/N6/118, MB2/C7/115, MB3/45/2, MB3/86] MB13/1/2/4 Photograph of Prince Andrew of Greece holding his daughter, 1907 Margarita, on his shoulder. Prince Louis of Battenberg, later Lord Mountbatten squats between his legs. They are outside Heiligenberg Castle. 3 [Also in MB2/N6/71, MB2/B2/81, MB3/86] MB13/1/2/5 Photograph of Sub-Lieutenant Lord Louis Mountbatten with 1919 his father on board anti-submarine vessel P31. [Also in album MB2/N4] MB13/1/2/6 Photograph of Cambridge Union Committee, with Lord 1920 Mountbatten in the second row. MB13/1/2/7 Photograph of Prince Henry (later Duke of Gloucester), Mar 1920 Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), Prince Albert (later George VI) and Lord Louis Mountbatten. On board HMS Renown before the Prince of Wales' tour of Australasia MB13/1/2/8 Photograph of Prince of Wales and Lord Louis Mountbatten 1922 in a fishing boat on Lake Buva, Japan. [Numbered 12 on caption] MB13/1/2/9 Photograph of Lord Louis Mountbatten and Miss Edwina Feb 1922 Ashley shortly after their engagement, Delhi. [Numbered 13 on caption] MB13/1/2/10 Photograph of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his bride leaving 18 Jul 1922 the church after their wedding. [Numbered 14 on caption] MB13/1/2/11 Photograph of some of the guests leaving the church after 18 Jul 1922 Lord Mountbatten's wedding. The Prince of Wales and Princess Mary are followed by the Duke of York and the Marquis of Milford Haven (Mountbatten's brother). [Numbered 15 on caption] MB13/1/2/12 Photograph of the baseball player Babe Ruth meeting the 5 Oct 1922 Mountbattens during their honeymoon tour of the USA. [numbered 16 on caption] [Copy of MB2/L1/33] MB13/1/2/13 Photograph of the Mountbattens on board a train during their Oct 1922 honeymoon tour of the USA. Lord Mountbatten is wearing a dressing gown. [Numbered 17 on caption] MB13/1/2/14 Photograph of the Mountbattens with a group of native 16 Oct 1922 Americans in the Grand Canyon National Park during their honeymoon tour of the USA. [Numbered 18 on caption] [The original photograph is MB2/L1/91] MB13/1/2/15 Photograph of the Mountbattens with Cecil B. de Mille, Oct 1922 Charlie Chaplin and others during their honeymoon tour of the USA. [Numbered 19 on caption] MB13/1/2/16 Photograph of the Mountbattens, Charlie Chaplin and Oct 1922 Lieutenant and Mrs Nielson performing in a film, Nice and Friendly. The others are pretending to attack Mrs Nielson. [Numbered 20 on caption] [The original photograph is MB2/L1/166] MB13/1/2/17 Photograph of Charlie Chaplin, in costume, standing between Oct 1922 Lord and Lady Mountbatten. 4 MB13/1/2/18 Photograph of the Mountbattens with Charlie Chaplin and Oct 1922 Jackie Coogan MB13/1/2/19 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten and Charlie Chaplin in a Oct 1922 scene from the film Nice and Friendly. MB13/1/2/20 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten, Charlie Chaplin, his US Oct 1922 naval aide Lieutenant Nielson and Mrs Pell in a scene from the film Nice and Friendly. [Numbered 24 in the caption] [The original photograph is MB2/L1/176] MB13/1/2/21 Envelope containing multiple copies of captions of the above photographs (MB13/1/2/1-20) for Programme 2 MB13/1/3 Programme 3: The Azure Main (1922-36) MB13/1/3/1 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten carrying Prince Philip, aged Jul 1926 about five, on his shoulders in the grounds of Adsdean MB13/1/3/2 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten giving a signals lecture in 1927 his capacity a Assistant Fleet Wireless Officer to the Mediterranean Fleet MB13/1/3/3 Photograph of Lord and Lady Mountbatten at the Malta races Feb 1927 with Lady Keyes and Captain Bedford MB13/1/3/4 Photograph of Lady Mountbatten and the Duke of Kent beside May 1931 a car, Southampton MB13/1/3/5 Photograph of Lord Louis Mountbatten playing polo [Caption 1932 only: photograph not present] MB13/1/3/6 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten on the bridge of HMS 1934 Daring as it passes through the Corinth canal MB13/1/3/7 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten with his nephew, David 1934 (later 3rd Marquis of Milford Haven) on board HMS Daring MB13/1/3/8 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten on the bridge of HMS 1935 or 1936 Wishart MB13/1/3/9 Photograph of the crews which won the First Destroyer Aug 1935 Flotilla regatta for HMS Wishart with their trophies, Mountbatten seated in the centre MB13/1/3/10 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten on the bridge of HMS 1935 or 1936 Wishart MB13/1/3/11 Photograph of Lady Mountbatten broadcasting from the Autumn 1935 Palace, Valletta during the Italian crisis MB13/1/3/12 Envelope containing captions for above photographs (MB13/1/3/1-11) from Programme 3 MB13/1/4 Programme 4: The Stormy Winds (1936-41) 5 MB13/1/4/1 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten with Princess Elizabeth 20 May 1937 (later the Queen) at the Coronation Review of the Fleet MB13/1/4/2 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten, the Prince of Wales, Mrs 1935 Simpson and three other people on board HMS Wishart at Cannes [Numbered 3 on caption] MB13/1/4/3 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten with Edward VIII and Mrs 1936 Simpson at Balmoral [Numbered 4 on caption] MB13/1/4/4 Photograph of Lord Mountbatten playing golf with Edward 1936 VIII at Adsdean [Numbered 5 on caption] MB13/1/4/5 Photograph of HMS Kelly during trials Aug 1939 [Numbered 7 on caption] MB13/1/4/6 Photograph of the Duke of Windsor returning