Title:OPERATION LIGHT: NAVAL AIRSTRIKE AGAINST SUMATRA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 155
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Aircraft launch from the carriers HMS Victorious and HMS Indomitable and return after an airstrike against Japanese-occupied Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) as seen from the battleship HMS Howe.
Description: One of Howe's 5.25-inch QF guns being fired during gunnery practice. A fine view of HMS Victorious directly astern. Fairey Barracuda strike aircraft taking off from Indomitable. More footage of a 5.25-inch gun firing. Barracudas in formation. Chance-Vought Corsair fighters in formation. Barracudas pass overhead. Indomitable with aircraft above and Grumman Hellcat fighters launching. Corsairs and Barracudas landing on Victorious; some with more finesse than others.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Date:1944-09-12 1944-09-13 1944-09-14 1944-09-15 1944-09-16 1944-09-17 1944-09-18 1944-09-19 1944-09-20
Production Country: GB
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Beech, P M (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, HOWE (HMS) (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, VICTORIOUS (HMS), aircraft carrier (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, HMS INDOMITABLE, aircraft carrier (1940) (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, British Pacific Fleet (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm (regiment/service)
Keywords: Indian Ocean (geography)
Sigli, Sumatra (geography)
Indian Ocean 1939-1945, Second World War (event)
Naval Operations, Second World War (event)
Royal Navy 1939-1945 (theme)
