HMS MOTH AND HMS CADDIS FLY (?) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS MOTH AND HMS CADDIS FLY (?) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 71
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  • Summary: The gunboats HMS Moth and HMS Caddis Fly (?) on the River Tigris and the River Euphrates, Mesopotamian Front, 1918.
  • Description: The film starts with a slow pan of a Fly Class river gunboat, probably HMS Caddis Fly. An Insect Class gunboat, HMS Moth, which is larger, is moored by the riverbank, and bombards the area with its 6-inch and 12-pounder guns. HMS Caddis Fly is shown on patrol, and making smoke while at anchor. The river shown may be the Tigris, the Euphrates, or both.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 71
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB United States of America
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) International Film Service (Production company) Varges, Ariel L (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Moth (regiment/service) Royal Navy, CADDISFLY (HMS), gunboat (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - light forces: Moth (object name) ships, British naval - light forces: Caddis Fly (object name) combat, British naval - bombardment (object name) 01/3(567) (event) Turkey & Tigris River, Mesopotamia (?) (geography) Turkey & Euphrates River, Mesopotamia (?) (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 544 ft; Running time: 10 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 71

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