LYNX HELICOPTER ON BOARD HMS CARDIFF [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LYNX HELICOPTER ON BOARD HMS CARDIFF [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 6432
  • Other titles: THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE GULF, 1990-1991 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes on board , where the Westland Lynx helicopter of the destroyer HMS Cardiff, flies over an oil rig and lands on a US Navy ship (not identified). High speed low level helicopter run towards oill rig; aerial shots of oil slicks and a stricken tanker, its back broken, alight. US Helicopter seen through rotor blades of Lynx. Helicopter refuels on US ship then returns to HMS Cardiff.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE GULF, 1990-1991 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 6432
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 6432)
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 1991-01-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) Film and Photographic (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords:
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 6432

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