EASTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE ESCORTS ASSAULT GROUP S.3, AND SCENES AMIDST NAVAL SUPPORT FORCES ON D+1 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EASTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE ESCORTS ASSAULT GROUP S.3, AND SCENES AMIDST NAVAL SUPPORT FORCES ON D+1 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1256
  • Other titles: OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: I. Sword Beach. MLS off the starboard beam of the Polish cruiser Conrad - shot very dark. MS off the port bow of HMS Frobisher. MCU as HMS Vigilant passes (note the two-lattice rig). MLS of LCAs underway in rough line astern formation. LS of Conrad - HMS Mauritius and motor minesweepers in XLS background, with Arethusa on the horizon. MS forward along the starboard side of the camera ship, HMS Scylla, to guns of B turret firing over the beam - single and twin Oerlikons on bridge wing in the foreground. LS pan over anchorage to an X-craft - two crewmen stand on the deck. LS of HMS Mauritius bombarding the coast - forepart of Conrad in the foreground, screen right. MLS of destroyer Stord (G.26) bombarding. LS of LCT(4) underway (shot very grey). MS of HMS Bleasdale (L.50) - coast in the background shrouded in smoke. MLS of LCT(R) (?). II. England, Portsmouth. Shot from HMS Scylla to LCTs and LSH(L) Largs lying off the coast - port quadruple 2-pounder mounting in the foreground. LS of LCTs underway in line ahead - Largs, Hunt III and U/V Class destroyers in the background. LS of LSI(L)s (Glenroy and Empire type) with LCI(L) and an armed trawler in the foreground - pan left to a Scott Class destroyer escort (Mackay or Montrose), with Flower Class corvette in the background. III. HA.MS to crew members gathered by searchlight position on HMS Scylla - starboard quadruple 2-pounder in the background. MCU profile of Admiral Vian. LSs of minesweeper flotilla and LCTs underway. MS of HMS Redpole (U.69). MCU of lookout with telescope on Scylla. LS of HMS Mauritius leading Conrad and HMS Frobisher. MS of a crewman using a 18-inch signal searchlight. MLSs of Frobisher, LCT(4)s, destroyers, etc. MCU of Admiral Vian. MS as LCT(4) 1039 passes before LSH(S) Dacres. MS off the starboard bow of HMS Ulster (R.83), and pan over other ships of the 25th Destroyer Flotilla anchored off the French coast. MCU of a lookout using fixed binoculars - he is connected to a voice tube. CU of Captain Brownrigg of the Scylla. HA.MS to crewmen looking out from the ship's side with telescopes and binoculars. LS of LCTs underway with barrage balloons streamed overhead. MS off the starboard beam of Fairmile D motor torpedo boat MTB 730 - two Fairmile D motor gun boats pass on an opposite course in the background.
  • Alternative Title: OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1256
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Vian, Philip Louis (person) Royal Navy, Destroyer Flotilla, 25 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Scylla (regiment/service) Royal Navy, FROBISHER (HMS), heavy cruiser (regiment/service) Royal Navy, VIGILANT (HMS), destroyer (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Mauritius (regiment/service) Royal Navy, BLEASDALE (HMS), escort destroyer (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Redpole (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Ulster (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Largs (regiment/service) Royal Navy, DACRES (HMS), frigate (regiment/service) Royal Navy, LCT4 1039 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, MTB 730 (regiment/service) Polish Navy, ORP Conrad (regiment/service) Royal Norwegian Navy & Stord (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Mauritius (object name) ships, British naval - cruiser: Frobisher (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Vigilant (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Ulster (R.83) (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Bleasdale (L.50) (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Scott Class (object name) ships, British naval - escort: Redpole (U.69) (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: Largs (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LSH[S] Dacres (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[4] 1039 (object name) ships, British naval - light forces: Fairmile D MTB 730 (object name) ships, British naval - light forces: Fairmile D MGB (object name) ships, Polish naval - cruiser: Conrad (object name) ships, Norwegian naval - destroyer: Stord (G.26) (object name) combat, British naval - bombardment (object name) combat, British naval - amphibious (object name) communications, British naval - direct: signal searchlight (object name) 01/5(4-16).1 (event) France (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: 448 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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