Other titles:[AMATEUR FILM BY UNKNOWN NAVAL OFFICER] [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur Royal Navy scenes by junior officer on board the battleship HMS Royal Oak (nameplate visible on several occasions). Date is the 1920s.
Description: I. Panning shots of distant ships and shoreline. Bow of Royal Oak (A Turret visible) as she ploughs through the swell - foamy water runs across the foredeck. Warships in line astern of cameraship (rough sea): one of them signals with Aldis lamp. Boat being lowered over the side. Fleet of warships at anchor at Gibraltar..
II. Large warship with crew on deck sails alongside. Views of deck, other vessels and dockside (all from high elevation). More warships arrive. Ships in convoy at sea. Close views of battleship (?). Out-of-focus shots of convoy. Royal Marines on deck with padre. Floatplane 780 on catapult. Further miscellaneous views on board, including launching of floatplanes from catapults. Informal scenes on deck with senior crew members and wives/mothers of officers. Scenes at sea (poor quality
Alternative Title:[AMATEUR FILM BY UNKNOWN NAVAL OFFICER] [Alternative Title]
