Title:BRITISH AIRSHIPS IN THE EAST - OFFICIAL NAVAL FILM [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 4557
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Summary: Detailed record of a flight by a Royal Naval Air Service SS-type airship with BE2c fuselage as gondola from the base at Mudros on Lemnos Island off the Gallipoli Peninsula for anti-submarine patrols against Turkish Navy and German Navy in the Aegean Sea , after October 1915 and pre-October 1917.
Description: 1." The airship leaving the enormous shed required for its protection against the elements." Out of canvas hangar, pilot and observer seated in fuselage below. Some RNAS sailors wear solar topees and shorts.
2."Pilot testing the engines."
3. "Bombs for dropping from aircraft. Placed in position on lower part of carriage and released by pulling wires." 112 lb bomb is held up for view then attached under fuselage.
4. "The Pilot takes his seat." Propeller turned to start.
5. "Away she goes." Airship lifts off from ground, with tents on hillside visible in background.
6. "Views from airship thousands of feet up." Aerial views crossing over Aegean coastline towards hilly parched interior dotted with woods.
7. "The pilot." Close-up shot from front position of pilot wearing goggles, with single left shoulder flash indicating RNAS pilot eagle badge (ie pre-October 1917) and manipulating wires to control airship envelope. Back over coast.
8. "Returning to replenish petrol and bombs." Ground view of airship approaching landing site where sailors wait.
9. "On the Airship nearing the ground ropes are cast out and the ship is hauled down."
