Title:SCENES ON HMS ESCORT IN THE HOME FLEET, 1937-1939 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 4887-1
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN ALEXANDER SWANN [Alternative Title]
Summary:Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Alex Swann while serving as gunnery control officer on HMS Escort in the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet under the command of Lieutenant Commander W R Marshall A'Deane between August 1937 and February 1939.
Description:Scenes include Forth Bridge, Portland Review, HMS Express (H.61), HMS Sheffield, HMS Encounter (H.10) cutting the line between HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney, landings on HMS Glorious, towing drogue, dropping depth charges, recovering torpedo, making smoke, lighting smoke float, passing line from HMS Electra (H.27) to HMS Escort (H.66), Flotilla leader HMS Exmouth (H.02), minesweeping, HMS Encounter wallowing in the Bay of Biscay, collecting mail from Torbay, rowing regatta, Sunday morning football for ship's company, offloading ammunition at Sheerness onto spritsail barge New Acorn before sailing up Thames to Chatham.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN ALEXANDER SWANN [Alternative Title]
