HMS VICTORIOUS OPERATES SCIMITARS OF 803 SQUADRON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS VICTORIOUS OPERATES SCIMITARS OF 803 SQUADRON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1676
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: HMS Victorious on trials in the Mediterranean, operating 803 Squadron Scimitars and Sea Venoms of 893 Squadron.
  • Description: Aerial LSs of HMS Victorious at sea, taken from SAR Whirlwind. A Scimitar F.1 of 803 Squadron is launched. Cut to HA view from Fly-co as a Scimitar is launched from the port catapult. MS aft as Scimitar 145 taxies forward onto starboard catapult and crew prepare to fit the bridle. LA of 151 waiting tensioned on the starboard track. Skyraider AEW.1s 432 and 433 of 849B make a free take-offs. LS aft along the deck as Sea Venom FAW.21 469 of 893 Squadron lands on, followed by 466 carrying Firestreak missiles (serial XG 662, one of three aircraft so modified) - the camera holds on the arrester wire as it retracts after 466's landing. LS past Mirror Landing Gear to SAR Whirlwind 354 off to port. More aerial views of Victorious. LS along the deck to crewman about to release a small meteorological balloon. LA aft along the starboard side as Scimitars land on - they unhook, retract flaps and air-brakes, and taxi forward, wings folding. LA.MS as the pilot of Scimitar 146 is helped out of the cockpit - the hornet badge of 803 Squadron is clearly visible on the fuselage. Deck crew refuel Scimitar 146 and recharge the oxygen supply. MS of the underwing load of 3-inch rockets equipped with practice heads. Pilot boards 145 and is strapped in. MS of Flight Deck Officer and a petty officer holding the pilot's check board. MS to the retractable catapult control. 145 is brought nose-up to the correct angle of attack by tension on the hold-back and men of the catapult team attach the bridle. The shuttle tensions the bridle, the FDO gives the all clear and 145 is launched. 151 is launched. MS to Whirlwind 352 on the deck, engine running. A Scimitar flies past the carrier. HA aft as a Scimitar aborts a landing approach - a second aircraft lands on. Whirlwind 352 lands on and is chocked up. MS across to the port deck-edge, where 145 is parked with wings folded - a tractor pulls on the nose-wheel hitch to turn the aircraft through 90 degrees to face the centre-line. Cut to LSs from shore as Victorious enters harbour.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1676
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1958-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Victorious (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 803 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 893 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 849 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Victorious (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Supermarine Scimitar (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: De Havilland Sea Venom (object name) aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Whirlwind (object name) aircraft, United States naval - combat: Douglas Skyraider & [British] (object name) weapons, British naval air - missile: Firestreak (object name) weapons, British - rocket: 3-inch (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: 947 ft; Running time: 11 mins
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