OPERATION MAINBRACE, A COMBINED NATO SEA OPERATION, SEPTEMBER 1952 - REEL 6 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION MAINBRACE, A COMBINED NATO SEA OPERATION, SEPTEMBER 1952 - REEL 6 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: NAT 1302
  • Other titles: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes on board HMS Vanguard: aircraft direction plotting room (showing movements off the coasts of Norway, Orkney and Shetland), wheel, boiler room "A", engine room. Vanguard and Illustrious in choppy sea. Scenes shot from bridge of Vanguard as she ploughs through sea during 50-mile gale (15-inch guns visible). VIPs are lowered aboard from a Piasecki HUP Retriever helicopter.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
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  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: NAT 1302
  • Sound:
  • Access Conditions: IWM NATO © NATO (IWM, NAT 1302)
  • Featured Period: 1945-1989
  • Production Date: 1952-09-14-1952-09-17
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  • Production Details:North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Sponsor) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (Production company) Faillace (Lieutenant) (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details:Footage: 916ft; Running time 10 mins 20 secs
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