Title:HMS AJAX IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN SQUADRON, 1938-1940, AND HMS NORFOLK IN NORTHERN WATERS, 1940-1943 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 3662
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER TOD [Alternative Title]
Summary:Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Norman Tod while serving as navigating officer on HMS Ajax from 1938 to 1940, and then on HMS Norfolk from 1940 to 1943, covers both the pre-war social life of a naval officer and several significant wartime actions.
Description:(Reel 1) Scenes in Bermuda, HMS Cumberland and HMS Exeter in harbour, ashore in Jamaica. The ship at 5 minutes 30 seconds is believed to be Exeter's sister ship, HMS York.
(Reel 2) Goodwill voyage round South America, stopping in Rio de Janeiro, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Chile, through Panama Canal to Curaçao, Trinidad and the aftermath of the Battle of the River Plate: Admiral Graf Spee on fire, newsreel interview with Captain Woodhouse in Rio and battle honour plate.
(Reel 3) Offcuts from Reels 1 and 2.
(Reel 4) Boarding party boards German freighter Olinda on 3 September 1939 before German freighter scuttles herself. Rest of reel shot by Lieutenant-Commander Tod while serving on HMS Norfolk (1940-1943) on Northern Convoys records shore of Iceland and frozen seas.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER TOD [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:MGH 3662
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1940-1940
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Tod, Norman Kelso (Lieutenant-Commander) (Production individual)
