Title:TOPICAL BUDGET (670 approximately - 1) (fragment) [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1148
Other titles:A NAVAL OCCASION : Atlantic Fleet sweeps down Channel for the Spithead Review [Alternative Title]
Summary: Newsreel coverage of the fleet assembling for the 1924 Spithead Review.
Description: Opening medium shot off the starboard bow of HMS Caledon (?), with superimposed binocular frame - Caledon turns to port. "Giant Battleships looming like castles" - Royal Sovereign and Queen Elizabeth Class battleships of First and Second Battle Squadrons steam in line ahead - the leading Queen Elizabeth fires a salute. Extreme long shot of escorting destroyers. Medium shot off the port beam as submarine M.3 surfaces "like some great sea monster", and simulates the firing of its 11-inch gun. Medium shot of HMS Queen Elizabeth in the van - the camera vessel crossing from a position on her starboard bow to one off the port beam.
Alternative Title:A NAVAL OCCASION : Atlantic Fleet sweeps down Channel for the Spithead Review [Alternative Title]
Production Details: Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, CALEDON (HMS), light cruiser (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Battle Sqdn 1 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Battle Sqdn 2 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, M3 (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Caledon (object name)
ships, British naval - battleship: Queen Elizabeth (object name)
ships, British naval - battleship: Royal Sovereign Class (object name)
ships, British naval - battleship: Queen Elizabeth Class (object name)
ships, British naval - submarine: M3 (object name)
ceremonies, British - event-related: Spithead review (1924) (object name)
training, British naval - weapons: gunnery, submarine monitor (object name)
weapons, British naval - gun: 11-inch naval gun (submarine monitor) (object name)
Spithead Review & 1924 (event)
English Channel (geography)
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: 132 ft; Running time: 2 mins
