TRIAL OF THE MIRROR LANDING SIGHT ON HMS ILLUSTRIOUS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TRIAL OF THE MIRROR LANDING SIGHT ON HMS ILLUSTRIOUS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1449
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Deck landing trials on HMS Illustrious with a Sea Vampire and a Westland Wyvern.
  • Description: A series of HA.MSs aft from the island and slow motion MSs from a camera boomed out aft on the starboard side as a Sea Vampire lands on. This is followed by HAs of a Wyvern S.4 WV 774 landing on. The final sequence is an aerial one, shot from a helicopter which turns in from Illustrious' port quarter to roughly simulate an aircraft's approach and therefore the pilot's view of the mirror landing sight.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1449
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1953-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Illustrious (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Illustrious (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Westland Wyvern (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: De Havilland Sea Vampire (object name) equipment, British naval - navigational: mirror landing sight (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: 1 Footage: 600 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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