TF 37 REPLENISHES DURING OPERATIONS IN JAPANESE WATERS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TF 37 REPLENISHES DURING OPERATIONS IN JAPANESE WATERS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1758
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Destroyer HMS Quadrant (D.17) passes close by cameraship, a Ruler Class escort carrier of the Fleet Train. LS over fleet, including three fleet carriers and their cruiser escorts. HA.MS from island to three Corsairs aft - they run up and take off, props generating vortices in the humid air. LS of HMS Implacable (?) with a destroyer in close company. Sequence showing a jackstay transfer between destroyer and cameraship - gas cylinders (?) are brought across to the carrier. LS of a destroyer refuelling from a tanker - HMS King George V in XLS background. HMS Quickmatch (G.92) passes - she digs in her bows and throws up a fine spray. Black Swan Class sloop (A.468) passes close to cameraship. LA.MS-CU as Corsair II of 1841 Squadron (HMS Formidable) takes off, followed by two more unmarked aircraft - in the middle of the sequence a flight of three Avengers goes overhead. LS of fleet carrier HMS Formidable (?) passing astern of cameraship. Sequence showing the take off of two Seafires and a radar equipped Firefly. Crewmen are dispersing after jackstay transfer when a Corsair flies low along the starboard side of the carrier, passing from stern to bow. LS of destroyer making smoke. LS of TBD pulling out of a mock attack against a Dido Class cruiser, escort to a fleet carrier.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Quadrant (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Quickmatch (regiment/service) Royal Navy, FORMIDABLE (HMS), aircraft carrier (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Formidable (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Quadrant (D.17) (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Quickmatch (G.92) (object name) ships, British naval - escort: Black Swan Class sloop (object name) ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, escort: Ruler Class (object name) Pacific Ocean (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
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    ADM 1758

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