Title:RIDE WELL THE WAVES - A PORTRAIT OF INS VIRAAT [Main Title]
Film Number:DEF 2
Other titles:DEFENCE EXPORT SERVICES ORGANISATION (DESO) COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The story of the transfer of the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes to the Indian Navy, where she was renamed INS Viraat, covering all aspects, including the refit and the handover ceremony, scenes in Bombay and Plymouth, and interviews with many of the people involved. Also included are brief account of the joint maritime history of the Royal Navy and Indian Navy, and historical background the the various incarnations of HMS Hermes.
Description:
Alternative Title:DEFENCE EXPORT SERVICES ORGANISATION (DESO) COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:DEF 2
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1976-1989
Production Date:1987
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Aerospace (Production sponsor)
Videographics Productions (Production company)
Carter, David (Production individual)
Carter, David (Production individual)
Hudson, Alan (Production individual)
Towner, Graham (Production individual)
Hamer, Martin (Production individual)
Herwerden, Wouter Van (Production individual)
Hall, Tony19362008-02-21 (Production individual)
Watling, Roger (Production individual)
Mackrill, John (Production individual)
Murray, Charles18941954WW2 unit: A. R. P.
Painter and engraver of imaginative subjects. Born 21 April 1894 at Aberdeen, grandson of a sculptor. Studied at Glasgow School of Art 1908–11 (?), and, on a Prix de Rome for etching, at the British School, Rome, 1922–5. Spent two years serving with the White Army in Russia 1918–20, and later travelled extensively in Europe, including a visit to Iceland with an archaeological expedition. Died 17 March 1954 in London. Memorial exhibition at Temple Newsam, Leeds, 1955. [Tate]
1941,1943, Independent submissions to the War Artists Advisory Committee (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: U-matic
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 60; Running time: 30 mins (ca)
