Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER ROBERT ELKINS [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film shot by Commander Robert Elkins while serving on board «HMS Renown» in the Northern Fleet, 1942.
Description: Scenes of the fleet in rough, arctic waters. The naval escort includes destroyers, County Class heavy cruisers and the carrier «HMS Victorious». Sailors dislodge ice from the frozen bows of «HMS Renown». A King George V Class battleship fires her guns. Shot of «HMCS Huron». Shot of a Marxman Class light cruiser and an E Class ? destroyer (H.23 ?). Swordfish drop torpedoes in trial runs. Shot of «HMS Nelson» and a troop carrier. «HMS Renown» passes under the Forth Rail Bridge. Scenes of naval and merchant vessels in an arctic harbour in strong gales. A boxing match in port. Shots of the convoy including a US Navy Washington Class battleship . A Swordfish takes off from «HMS Victorious». A Firefly? and Seafire? fly over. Further south? in calmer seas, a squadron of Barras? flies over. A line is thrown down to a man in a dinghy . Underwater? explosions in the distance. Close-up of two officers in conversation. A Dido Class light cruiser flashes a signal. Two Ruler Class carriers (Woolworths). Slow pan across the convoy assembled outside a harbour.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER ROBERT ELKINS [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:MGH 753
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1942
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Elkins, Robert F (Production individual)