RFA STROMNESS (?) EN ROUTE TO FALKLANDS AND SCENES AT ASCENSION ISLAND [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RFA STROMNESS (?) EN ROUTE TO FALKLANDS AND SCENES AT ASCENSION ISLAND [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 4831
  • Other titles: FALKLANDS CONFLICT [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Helicopters operate from RFA Stromness(?) en route to the Falklands; aircraft arriving and departing at Ascension Island.
  • Description: A Lynx helicopter is filmed from the deck of the ship as it lands, takes off, manoeuvres around. A Hercules aircraft flies over watched by the men on deck. Various shots show scenes on the bridge. Filmed from the interior of an airborne helicopter, a machine gunner fires practice rounds at an unseen target. The camera helicopter circles around an RFA vessel (Stromness or Fort Austin ?). At Ascension Island, a Nimrod aircraft takes off, a Victor tanker aircraft lands.
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 4831)
  • Featured Period: 1976-1989
  • Production Date: 1982-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production company) Fletcher, James (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 500 ft (ca); Running time: 14 mins (ca)
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  • Notes: Summary: footage was received with no documentation and little identification. Information is partly based on the recollections of DPR(N) cameraman, Alan Fowler, in 1993, and otherwise on a cursory viewing of the reels. (See note to ADM 4821). A note in the original film can reads: "Falklands 17.5.82 Air drop to RFA Fort Austin cut from print for possible use on BBC + ITN News" Remarks: the camera work is fairly undistinguished.
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