Title:THE HUNT FOR X-5 - THE ACCOUNT OF THE KAAFJORD EXPEDITION [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 1472
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Summary: Account of the British Sub Aqua Club and Royal Engineers Diving Team expedition to Kaafjord, Norway, 1976 searching for the wreck of Royal Navy X-craft submarine X 5 which was lost during the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz on 23 September 1943.
Description: The film opens with a short introductory sequence of archive film stills and maps briefly covering the history of the German battleship Tirpitz.
The main body of the film deals with the British Sub Aqua Club (under the leadership of Peter Cornish) and Royal Engineers Diving team's attempts to locate the remains of the missing X 5 submarine in the Kaafjord, by the use of co-ordinated diving technics and sonar equipment. The Expedition failed to locate wreck of the X 5 but located the nose and battery section it's sister submarine X 7. The sections of the X 7 were eventually listed of the bed of the fjord by means of air filled lifting balloons and these sections were deposited at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford airfield. Includes film of a brief interview with Rear Admiral Godfrey Place VC, commander of the X craft X 7.
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Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:MGH 1472
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
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Production Date:1977
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Wexford Films Limited (copyright) (Production sponsor)
Cadd, John Malcolm (Production company)
British Sub Aqua Club (Production company)
Cadd, John Malcolm (Production individual)
Baldock, Peter (Production individual)
Cornish, David (Production individual)
Cadd, John Malcolm (Production individual)
Nicols, Roger (Production individual)
Reidy, Pat (Production individual)
Cornish, Peter (Production individual)
Churchman, Maureen (Production individual)
Muncaster, Martin (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1019 ft; Running time: 30 mins
