Title:OPERATION MAINBRACE, A COMBINED NATO SEA OPERATION, SEPTEMBER 1952 - REEL 7 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1303
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Signal flag sequence: red flag is raised signifying enemy aircraft - torpedo planes attack Eagle. Shot of Rear Admiral John Hughes-Hallett (Director Operations of Carrier Task Force A). Crew onboard Eagle: Lieutenant Bevir and Midshipman West plotting with sextant and binoculars; Yeoman Saunders sending message with signal lamp; Seaman Wardle (Manchester), Ordinary Seaman Brown (Liverpool) and Boy Seaman Johnson (Manchester) swabbing deck, Writer B E Yeoman, Leading Seaman Bale, Boy Seaman B E Bray, Seaman Wright. Naval airman photographer uses F24. Sequence with (plugged barrel) 40mm Bofors guns (Mark 7) - Able Seaman Saunders and Able Seaman Costello manning the controls. Radar antenna on Eagle's island. Piasecki helicopter from USS Wright lands on flight deck and is tied down; Commander E Hawks (air engineer officer) talks with Lieutenant Eagen, the helicopter's pilot. The helicopter flies away at the end of its visit.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
