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Summary: Naval aviation and other miscellaneous naval footage, ca 1918.
Description: I. Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter is flown off starboard echelon turret of an Indefatigable Class battle cruiser - an Invincible Class ship is visible in the background as the aircraft circles. After the launch, the flying-off platform is stripped from the guns. II. Sequence showing a Beardmore WB III, N.6123, being lifted from the hangar of HMS Nairana, positioned on the flight deck, and flown off - HMS Furious visible in the background. III. Medium shot/medium close-up as airship SSZ3 comes in to alight on a grass field, and is pushed into its hangar. Five RNAS Sea Scout pilots pose with their mascot dog. IV. Panning long shot, left to right over fleet anchorage - St Vincent Class (HMS Collingwood ?), two Colossus Class battleships, and HMS Agincourt (only part of which appears in frame). Long shot off the starboard bow of a Colossus Class battleship as it flashes a signal across Forth anchorage, and close-up of a rating operating a signal searchlight. Final sequence of airship R9 passing over three Iron Duke Class battleships anchored in quarter line - the nearest has a Marksman Class Leader alongside (cf IWM 551/07).
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Engholm, F W (Production company)
Engholm, F W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Naval Air Service (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Nairana (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, FURIOUS (HMS), light cruiser (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, COLLINGWOOD (HMS), battleship (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, AGINCOURT (HMS), battleship (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - battleship: Indefatigable Class (object name)
ships, British naval - battleship: Invincible Class (object name)
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Nairana (object name)
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Furious (object name)
ships, British naval - battleship: Collingwood (object name)
ships, British naval - battleship: Colossus Class (object name)
ships, British naval - battleship: Iron Duke Class (object name)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Marksman Class Leader (object name)
aircraft, British naval - combat: Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter (object name)
aircraft, British naval - combat: Beardmore WB III (object name)
aircraft, British naval - airship: R9 (object name)
aircraft, British naval - airship: SSZ3 (object name)
equipment, British naval - general: flying-off platform (object name)
operations, British naval air - preparation (object name)
operations, British naval air - sortie (object name)
operations, British naval air - return (object name)
communications, British naval - direct: signal searchlight (object name)
animals, mammals: dog (mascot) (object name)
12/3(261.2).7 (event)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: None
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 721 ft; Running time: 12 mins
