HMS BULWARK PASSES THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS BULWARK PASSES THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1870
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Uninteresting film showing HMS Bulwark in Port Said and the Suez Canal.
  • Description: LSs over the desert terrain surrounding the canal. Bulwark has Sea Venoms and Sea Hawks parked on deck with canvas covers protecting the cockpits. LS of a passing Italian Airone Class corvette. Sequence showing Bulwark's entry into Port Said and shots of the harbour buildings and oil storage facilities.
  • 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, BULWARK (HMS), aircraft carrier (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, light: Bulwark & [-] (object name) Egypt & Port Said (geography) Egypt & Suez Canal (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: 400 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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  • Notes: Summary: this was HMS Bulwark's first use of the Canal since her participation in Operation Musketeer in 1956. Despite the order of events on film, she was passing from the Mediterranean into the Red Sea, on passage to the Far East
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 1870

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