COASTAL NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE [Main Title]

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  • Title: COASTAL NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRN 3248
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  • Summary: Navy Instructional film showing the passage of Kingfisher Class patrol craft HMS Sandpiper (P.263) along the south coast of England from Plymouth to anchorage off Torquay and then to Dartmouth. The film shows the navigational procedures, particularly fixing routines, in detail, but gives little explanation of the technicalities.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DRN 3248
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DRN 3248)
  • Featured Period: 1976-1989
  • Production Date: 1984
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Defence (Navy) (Production sponsor) SSVC (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1392 ft; Running time: 39 mins
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    DRN 3248

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