TOPICAL BUDGET (670 approximately - 1) (fragment) [Main Title]

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  • 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]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1148
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1148)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1924
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1148

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