RUNWAY CONTROL (RUSHES 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RUNWAY CONTROL (RUSHES 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 853
  • Other titles: NAVAL AIRCRAFT AT RNAS FORD [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Unedited scenes of naval aircraft at RNAS Ford, Sussex.
  • Description: I. Aerial MLS of Sea Hawk 698 flying right to left - it lowers undercarriage. Sea Hawks 652 and 658 of 738 Squadron land on the runway at RNAS Ford. II. Westland Wyverns at Ford. HA.MS from control tower as five Westland Wyverns taxi to marshalling point - in the background is a parked Dragonfly, while more aircraft approach the runway from the other side of the field. LS pan over an array of aircraft, nine Wyverns headed by five Gannets, as they run up - the aircraft take off in pairs. III. Aerial shots of RNAS Ford - Sea Venom and Sea Hawk are caught during take off runs. Sequence ends with view from the camera-aircraft as it lands. IV. MS of De Havilland Sea Devon taxiing to marshalling point. V. LS-MS as Shackleton MR Mk 1 lands at Ford. VI. Airfield vehicles. MS as crew man a crash tender (Fordson 6x4 WOT1 Monitor) and drive away from alongside the control van where the camera is situated - other parked vehicles include Bedford WH, Fordson 6 x 4, Bedford OYC tanker. LS across the airfield as smoke puff is fired from the control van (Bedford QL). VII. Series of shots as Dragonfly helicopter approaches to touch down before Ford air control tower - groundcrewman places chocks about port wheel. VIII. CU and MCU of Sea Hawk pilot wearing flying gear and sunglasses. IX. MS of the main road approaching Arundel, Sussex, from the east - castle in the background.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1958
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 738 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British naval - combat: Avro Shackleton MR Mk 1 (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: De Havilland Sea Devon (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Hawker Sea Hawk (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: De Havilland Sea Venom (object name) aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Dragonfly (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Westland Wyvern (object name) operations, British naval air - routine: runway control (object name) transport, British naval - truck special: Bedford OYC tanker (object name) transport, British naval - truck: Bedford 6x4 WOT1 Monitor (object name) transport, British naval - truck: Bedford QL (object name) transport, British naval - truck: Fordson 6x4 (object name) GB, England & Ford, Sussex <RNAS station> (geography) Arundel, Sussex, England, UK (geography)
  • 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: 1 Footage: 894 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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