HMS GLOUCESTER REPLENISHES FROM THE CANADIAN PROTECTEUR, PERSONNEL ARE LIFTED OFF BY A US SEA HAWK HELICOPTER, THE OPERATIONS ROOM SIMULATES AN EXOCET ATTACK [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS GLOUCESTER REPLENISHES FROM THE CANADIAN PROTECTEUR, PERSONNEL ARE LIFTED OFF BY A US SEA HAWK HELICOPTER, THE OPERATIONS ROOM SIMULATES AN EXOCET ATTACK [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 6399
  • Other titles: THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE GULF, 1990-1991 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: I. HMS Gloucester among American ships. LA from hangar as Lynx lands on. MSs of flightdeck crew wearing shirts or overalls which have been decorated with the skull-and-crossbones motif of the US 216th Airborne Regiment and their motto 'Death or Glory'. Gloucester is flying a US flag, perhaps signifying the presence of an American officer onboard. View from the flightdeck as the ship overhauls the US cruiser USS Bunker Hill, passing along her port side. Break. LS of Lynx flying in close company with a US SH-60 Seahawk- the Lynx peels away. Cut to Lynx landing on and being lashed down - the nose of the aircraft has also been painted with the sign of the ubiquitous 216th Airborne. HA from hangar roof to Gloucester's broad wake - the ship is moving at 28-30 knots. Sequence showing a Seahawk hovering over the flightdeck to lower and then recover a bag (note the earthing rod used by deckcrew to ground the winch line before it is touched), and take off a man by winch. Throughout much of the sequence the FDO stands in left foreground his right hand raised in a fist to indicate that the pilot should maintain his position - which he does very nicely. When the FDO lowers his hand the helicopter makes off. LA to foremast where White Ensign, US flag and ship's private flag are flying - the Ensign dips in salute or return. HA from port bridge wing to exercise party on forecastle going through PT routine - as the ship closes on the US battleship USS Wisconsin the party is stood down and then ordered to man the side. MCU of Sub-Lieutenant and rating with call standing ready to render passing honours. Gloucester steams past close on the starboard side - the American is making very little headway in the calm sea and except for a Seahawk, engines running on the quarterdeck platform, there is little sign of activity - the piping can be heard on soundtrack. Once the destroyer is past she turns away to starboard and steers to pass astern of the battleship - crewmen regard the behemoth through the LAS. II. Replenishment at sea. LA of the Canadian ensign flying from the support ship Protecteur as she steams alongside for RAS. Light lines are passed, and Canadian signals for Gloucester to heave in. Cut to MS from forecastle of Gloucester aft to the probe rig as it is heaved in, the head connecting with an audible 'clunk' - unlike British practice the end of the subsidiary 3-inch hose is not seized to the probe but hangs in a bight beneath it, the end secured to one of the travellers. MS to twin 76mm turret mounted in the bows of the Canadian ship - the turret door is open and ready-use ammunition can be seen standing inside. Canadian officers monitor the refuelling. LS of RAS team around the fuelling point high up on 03 deck on Gloucester. View from the forecastle again - this time with the destroyer's 4.5-inch gun in frame. After the replenishment, Gloucester withdraws. III. Hangar interior as RM sergeant briefs a boarding party. LS of small tug and a large lighter carrying drilling or dredging equipment (?). IV. Interior of the Operations Room as crew act out air and missile warning routines. The shots are not quite sequential and several are repeated. Operator at long range air tracking radar reports an intruder. The PWO (Air), seated at one of the horizontal conference displays, contacts Captain Taylor and issues Air Threat Warning Red. DLA (ie chaff) is launched, and ops room staff pull on anti-flash. SCOT is 'strangled'. The Lynx is launched. SNAPS (? Ship's Navigation and Processing System) confirms the altitude, heading and speed of the bogie. Intervention by CAP aircraft is ordered. 'Warning Four' is broadcast, spoken in English and strangely polite: "Unknown aircraft, this is a British warship. I request that you turn away. If you continue to fly an attack profile I may be forced to defend myself." The warning is repeated. A radar operator reports a missile launch and a Sea Dart alarm is issued. The range is called out as the Exocet closes on the ship. Target Indication operator (?) - rather wooden in his delivery - tracks the incoming missile for Sea Dart engagement. The tannoy is used to order 'Hands to Action Stations. Assume NBCD State One, Condition Zulu' (NBCD - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence; Condition Zulu - all compartments closed). The intruder is identified as a Mirage F1. The Lynx is scrambled (again). MS of radar display showing tracks. CUs as operator checks the 3-inch Corvus systems and launches DLA (again).
  • Alternative Title: THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE GULF, 1990-1991 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: ADM 6399
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 6399)
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 1990-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) Film and Photographic (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Gloucester (regiment/service) United States Navy, BUNKER HILL (USS), aircraft carrier (1942) (regiment/service) United States Navy, USS WISCONSIN, battleship (1943) (regiment/service) Canadian Navy, Protecteur (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - destroyer: Gloucester (object name) ships, United States naval - cruiser: Bunker Hill (object name) ships, United States naval - battleship: Wisconsin (object name) ships, Canadian naval - supply: Protecteur (object name) aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Lynx (object name) aircraft, United States naval - helicopter: Sikorsky Seahawk (object name) weapons, British naval - missile: Sea Dart (object name) operations, British naval - routine: replenishment at sea (object name) training, British naval - weapons (object name) 12/7(536.8) (event) Persian Gulf (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP; VHS Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 22 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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