HMS SALISBURY TOWING TARGET FOR HMS ESKIMO AND OFF-DUTY SCENES SHOT IN STOCKHOLM BY A YOUNG SAILOR SERVING ON HMS SALISBURY, 1962] [Main Title]

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  • Title: HMS SALISBURY TOWING TARGET FOR HMS ESKIMO AND OFF-DUTY SCENES SHOT IN STOCKHOLM BY A YOUNG SAILOR SERVING ON HMS SALISBURY, 1962] [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4789
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY RICHARD CARVER [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur record shot by young Able Seaman Richard Carver, when serving on HMS Salisbury records his own ship towing target for HMS Eskimo 4-inch gunnery practice (also filmed by RN cameraman using 35mm Newman Sinclair), a Russian "spyship" tug observing, and off-duty scenes in Stockholm during visit by HMS Salisbury and HMS Battleaxe to Sweden in September 1962.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY RICHARD CARVER [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 4789
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1945-1989
  • Production Date: 1962-1962
  • Production Country:GB
  • Production Details:Carver, Richard J (Production individual) Carver, Richard J (Production cast)
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details:Std 8mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 180 ft (ca); Running time: 15 mins (ca)
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    MGH 4789

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