HMS NORFOLK FIRES A SEASLUG MISSILE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS NORFOLK FIRES A SEASLUG MISSILE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 4479
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Camera onboard HMS Norfolk records firing of two Seaslug missiles.
  • Description: MS aft down starboard side of Norfolk's flight deck as Seaslug SAM is fired, the camera panning to follow the missile's flight. A few disturbed seabirds cross the screen. A second missile is fired - the camera again follows the flight - the boosters separate and fall into the sea.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: ADM 4479
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 4479)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1971
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Norfolk (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, British naval - missile: Seaslug (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
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