PICKET BOAT AND WRNS CREW [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PICKET BOAT AND WRNS CREW [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1288
  • Other titles: OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: Sequence featuring WRNS coxswain and crew of a small steam launch employed as a picket boat. Launch is secured alongside quay, astern of HMS Magpie (U.82). HMS Rodney is visible in XLS across the anchorage.
  • Alternative Title: OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 1288
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Women's Royal Naval Service (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - harbour: picket boat (object name) 01/5(4-16).1 (event)
  • 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: 115 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    ADM 1288

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