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Summary: Unedited scenes of AA gunnery equipment on board HMS Superb.
Description: I. MCUs of Gun Direction Officer (V ?) and Midshipman at sights on Gun Direction Platform, and starboard Air Lookouts. HA/MS onto GDP (starboard side) as Gun Direction Officer's sights train right and elevate - Gun Direction Officer and Midshipman wear flash facings and helmets and then uniform blues. HA.MCU of Plotter marking up the filtered Air Plot on the GDP.
II. CU of Target Position Indicator. Interior of Aircraft Director Room - camera pans to follow Gun Direction Officer (Blind) to Main Air Display Plot. CU of plotters and marking up.
III. LA.MCU of rangefinder head and radar nacelles of Mk VI DCT - tower trains right and nacelles elevate. CU of starboard nacelle and rangefinder head (Rear Admiral's flag in background). MSs of radar pointer and Air Guard aerials. Barrel of Bofors gun which elevates, depresses, and then fires. HA.MS of starboard Bofors 'R4' - gun trains from beam to quarter, firing as ammunition numbers supply clips - cartridges eject over side. MS of Bofors as gun layer takes up position.
IV. LS along deck of Illustrious Class aircraft carrier as Seafire F Mk 47 takes off. MCU as aircraft begins its take off run.
V. MCUs of operator in Radar Display Room and radar layer and trainer at Tallboy in calculating position on "Superb".
VI. Quadruple pom-pom 'M4' trains right and fires. MS forward framing 2-pounder emplacement with Mk VI DCT in background. Gun crew clean pom-pom. 3/4 profile of pom-pom in action. HA.MS as gun elevates and trains left.