A DAY ON A MINE-SWEEPER [Main Title]

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  • Title: A DAY ON A MINE-SWEEPER [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 582
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  • Summary: Activities of drifters and paddle-minesweepers, 1918.
  • Description: Drifters take on provisions from depot vessel. Commander Lyne at work in his office. Drifters leave port - medium close-up of minesweeping drifter Drummer Boy, (GY.964). ML.18 approaches, and Commander with a megaphone hails the cameraship to report a minefield. Medium close-up of Victorian II (GY.1189), with kite a-cockbill - crew pass a line to the cameraship, Glenbervie (GW.14). Onboard scenes as crew operate winch to recover kite. Cameraship passes moored Caledon Class light cruiser. Long shot of drifters in sweep formation. Onboard a drifter, crew fire rifles and Lewis guns to detonate mines (cf IWM 551/06). Medium close-up as sweep is recovered and then payed out. Crew wash down decks. Medium shots of drifter, Drummer Boy, and paddle-minesweeper HMS Eagle III, (534) - Felixstowe flying boat goes over in far distant background. Medium shot of HMS Kylemore (titled as Atalanta II). A "cherished trophy": close-up of the sinker of a German mine. Medium close-up of a contact mine from the captured submarine UC.5, and close-ups of the access plate, cradle and detonating horns. Medium shot of officers and ship's company of Atalanta II. Close-up of young rating with puppies and ship's dog. Men wearing lifejackets play cards on deck. Medium shot of the Captain of Atalanta II, Lieutenant Budgen, with his officers and the Captain of sistership St Seiriol, Lieutenant McClymont.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 582
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) Engholm, F W (Production company) Engholm, F W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: McClymont, D (person) Lyne, Thomas J S (person) Budgen, J (person) Wallis, W H St J (person) Glass, W (person) Royal Navy, ML18 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, EAGLE III (HMS), minesweeper (regiment/service) Royal Navy, ATALANTA II (regiment/service) Royal Navy, St Seiriol (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Kylemore (regiment/service) Royal Navy, DRUMMER BOY (HMS), minesweeper (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Victorian II (regiment/service) Royal Navy, GLENBERVIE (HMS), minesweeper (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Caledon Class (object name) ships, British naval - light forces: ML18 (object name) ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Eagle III (534) & [paddle] (object name) ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Kylemore (576) & [paddle] (object name) ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Drummer Boy (GY.964) (object name) ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Victorian II (GY.1189) (object name) ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Glenbervie (GW.14) (object name) operations, British naval - mines: clearance (object name) operations, British naval - routine (object name) operations, British naval - departure (object name) weapons, German naval - passive: mine (object name) weapons, British naval - smallarm: Lewis machine gun (object name) communications, British naval - direct: megaphone (object name) animals, mammals: dog (mascot) (object name) 12/3(261.2).7 (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 997 ft; Running time: 17 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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