OPERATION SAMARITAN: HMS TYNE BRINGS AID TO AGADIR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION SAMARITAN: HMS TYNE BRINGS AID TO AGADIR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1865
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes from Operation Samaritan, the Royal Navy's aid response to the devastating earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, on 28 February 1960.
  • Description: HMS Tyne lies in the harbour at Agadir. A civilian official - presumably the local British representative - comes aboard the depot ship. LSs of the earthquake-damaged city. Nearby lies the Greek destroyer Aspis (06), which attracts the attention of the cameraman and some of Tyne's officers.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 1865
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 1865)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1960-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Tyne (regiment/service) Royal Hellenic Navy & Aspis (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - harbour: Tyne & [-] (object name) ships, Greek naval - destroyer: Aspis (06) (object name) operations, British naval - relief: Agadir (object name) Morocco & Agadir (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: 113 ft; Running time: 1 min
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