Other titles:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Stock shots of Brave Borderer and Brave Swordsman, with special emphasis on the Proteus gas turbines.
Description: Opening sequence showing the two boats being put through their paces - the camera-boat is Brave Swordsman. LS from quayside as Swordsman returns to Gosport and secures - probably at HMS Dolphin II when the two boats were part of the Coastal Forces Trials and Special Service Squadron. CU of a model of Brave Borderer with a cutaway revealing details of the gas turbines, and fade to real engine room - engineer checks a filter. CU of the three turbine exhausts in the boat's transom stern - the protective flap over one of them opens. CU of the model showing the propellers - of a novel high speed and relatively small design - and cut to CU of Vosper's cavitation tunnel where the design was developed. CU of the turbine intake on the model and the real boat. General shots of navigational and engine room control centres, and crews' quarters. More shots of the two boats at sea.
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]