HMS FORMIDABLE WITH TASK FORCE 37 IN JAPANESE WATERS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS FORMIDABLE WITH TASK FORCE 37 IN JAPANESE WATERS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 477
  • Other titles: ATTACK ON JAPAN [Alternative Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: I. Reel One. MS aft as Corsair 146 is struck down on the forward elevator, and HA down the lift well as aircraft handlers roll her back into the hangar. Avengers of 1848 Squadron take off. Tractor No 4 tows Corsair 144. LS of companion, HMS Victorious. MLS through the barriers as Corsair lands on - they are lowered as aircraft 125 taxies forward, wings folding - Corsair 116 follows. 500-pound bomb on trolley comes up on elevator and is taken to Corsair 146, where the bomb is lifted up on a cradle to the suspension point below the wing - an armourer uses a spanner to adjust the bomb carrier. Tractor No 4 tows Corsair 119 aft, where a pilot boards the aircraft. Sequence showing divine service held on flight deck - a brisk wind is blowing. Hellcats 126 and 119 land on. Two Avengers fly past. MS to the rear of the aircraft as an Avenger folds wings and taxies forward. LS of two escorting destroyers. Rear-Admiral Vian watches from the island. Lieutenant-Commander directs flight deck operations - he wears a complete anti-flash outfit. HA from the island to a centre-line range of four Corsairs and four Hellcats as the aircraft take off. Corsair lands on. CU of airscrew of a Corsair as the engine starts up. Another centre-line range is flown off. HA from island as Corsair 134 taxies forward onto elevator, is chocked up and struck below, engine still running. Corsair lands on and is waved forward by the marshalling director. Landing aircraft join others parked along the leading deck edge. II. Reel Two. A range of Corsairs takes off - 121, 120, and 141. Avenger 472 straightens wings and takes off. HA aft from island across wet flight deck to mixed aircraft parked aft, chocked up with wings folded - Victorious and Implacable are visible in line astern of Formidable - two Hellcats are testing their engines. CU as cradle carrying a torpedo is manhandled beneath the bay of Avenger 480. Shots of companion ships, including Implacable and HMS King George V. Dawn - a running range of Corsairs. Sequence shot from one of a formation of Avengers just taken off from Formidable - most of this aerial sequence is out of focus. LA along deck to Corsair 119, parked with wings folded. Sequence showing a pilot briefing on 21 July, 1945 - operational area is Honshu, on the line Hitachi-Toyama. Centre-line range of Corsairs and Hellcats ready for take off. LA of the ship's badge on the front of the bridge. MLS of HMS Newfoundland - she flashes a signal. Corsair 136 comes up on forward elevator. HA aft onto array of all aircraft types parked aft - a destroyer is alongside to port (possibly refuelling) and the two ships are steaming only very slowly. Artificers at work on a parked Avenger - in the foreground, the starboard wing of Corsair 116 bisects the frame - deck crew all stripped to the waist. CUs of men working on the engine of Hellcat 119 - the aircraft is fuelled, and FULL has been chalked on one blade of the airscrew. Avenger 373 is towed aft by tractor. MS of leading deck edge as Corsairs 115 and 135 take off. MS aft as Corsair 130 takes off - an Avenger rolls forward, ready to follow her. LSs of companion carrier, and of aircraft forming up over the fleet. HA.MCU of AA position on the island - twin Oerlikon and a single Bofors - a look-out dressed in anti-flash scans the sky with spotting binoculars. III. Reel Three. LA.CU of LSO at work. Corsairs pass overhead. Marshalling director waves aircraft forward. LA forward from the port side by the arrester wires as an Avenger lands on. AA lookouts scan the sky. MLS aft as Corsair 141 commences take off run. Early morning flight of Corsairs, the aircraft silhouetted against the dawn sky as they take off. Final MS to island from aft on the starboard side - deck crew climb up onto the deck as flying operations are completed - a man enters frame left carrying chocks.
  • Alternative Title: ATTACK ON JAPAN [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 477
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) British Paramount News (Production company) Hardy, Douglas H J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Vian, Philip Louis (person) Royal Navy, FORMIDABLE (HMS), aircraft carrier (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Victorious (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Implacable (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Newfoundland (regiment/service) Royal Navy, King George V (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Task Force 37 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 1841 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 1842 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 1848 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Formidable (object name) ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Victorious (object name) ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Implacable (object name) ships, British naval - battleship: King George V (object name) ships, British naval - cruiser: Newfoundland (object name) aircraft, United States naval - combat: Grumman Avenger & [British] (object name) aircraft, United States naval - combat: Vought F4U Corsair & [British] (object name) aircraft, United States naval - combat: Grumman F6F Hellcat & [British] (object name) intelligence, military, British - briefing: pilots (object name) weapons, British naval air - bomb: 500-pound (object name) operations, British naval air - maintenance (object name) religion, Christianity - military, British: service onboard ship (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 3 Footage: 1311 ft; Running time: 15 mins
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