AIRCRAFT AT SEA 1 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIRCRAFT AT SEA 1 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 555-3
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  • Summary: Miscellaneous aircraft footage from the First World War period.
  • Description: High-angle view onto detachment of Royal Marines drawn up on quayside - they march off, arms shouldered. Detachment passes camera, now situated in a park. Medium shot as Royal Naval Air Service personnel march past camera - camp buildings in background. Close-up as sub-Lieutenant RN takes a bearing. Cut to high-angle view as Short seaplane is brought up from forward hangar on HMS Furious. Medium shot of a DH4 and pan to a row of Sopwiths parked beyond on grass field. Long shot of a Short seaplane in flight low over water. Distant aerial view of Furious at sea. Medium shot of Sopwith Pup N6442 on grass field as pilot disembarks - pan right to two other aircraft with pilots and ground crew about them. Various long shots of aircraft in flight, including HP 0/400 bombers. Low-angle view as a kite balloon rises on its tether. Astre-Torres type airship C24 is brought out of its hangar. Medium shot of the airship SSZ9 as it is restrained by ground crew hauling on lines - two crew are in the gondola but the engine has not been started. Low-angle long shot as two SS airships head off at the start of a patrol. Aerial views of a coastal harbour, a convoy of dazzle-painted merchantmen, RNAS air station and country town. Low-angle shot as Sopwith Pup is lifted from forward hangar on Furious. Medium shot as a French destroyer (Gabion/Coutelas Class) passes right to left. Medium shot broad on the port bow of a damaged V/W Class destroyer - a light line leads from her bows to a second vessel off frame left, and a third ship is in close company, but largely obscured by the first. Long shot of Felixstowe flying boat circling low over anchorage. Medium long shot off port bow of Admiralty M Class destroyer at speed. Medium shot study of white smokescreen left by a destroyer. Medium shot of HMS Llewellyn (61) - her focsle 4-inch gun fires to port. Continuation of earlier sequence showing a damaged V/W Class destroyer - the damaged ship is now down at the stern, and the leading vessel can be seen to be HMS Whirlwind (H.41) - a fourth destroyer (American or possibly Hawthorn M Class) is visible in background. Final shot of the masts of a sunken small craft breaking the surface near a small rocky islet (?).
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 555-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 555-3)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, FURIOUS (HMS), light cruiser (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Llewellyn (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Whirlwind (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Royal Naval Air Service (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Furious (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Llewellyn (61) (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Whirlwind (H.41) (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: V/W Class & [damaged] (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Admiralty M Class (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Sopwith Pup (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Handley Page 0/400 (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: De Havilland DH4 (object name) aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Felixstowe flying boat (object name) aircraft, British naval - balloon: observation kite balloon (object name) aircraft, British naval - airship: SSZ9 (object name) aircraft, British naval - airship: C24 (object name) aircraft, British naval - airship: SS Type (object name) 12/3(26) (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 669 ft; Running time: 11 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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    IWM 555-3

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