SEA KING HAS.1 HELICOPTERS OF THE INTENSIVE FLYING TRIALS UNIT AT CULDROSE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SEA KING HAS.1 HELICOPTERS OF THE INTENSIVE FLYING TRIALS UNIT AT CULDROSE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 4216
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Routine activity by Sea King HAS.1 helicopters of 700S IFTU (Intensive Flying Trials Unit) at HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose.
  • Description: LS of Sea King HAS.1 582 of 700S Sea King IFTU parked at Culdrose - two more Sea Kings fly left to right in the background. 586 taxies across the field. Ground crew demonstrate the folding of 586's main rotor blades. Cut to aerial LSs of two Sea Kings in flight over the sea - coast in the background at the beginning of the sequence. Three helicopters return to base - LA as 583 descends. 583 taxies to a halt, engines still running, and a crewman boards carrying a map. The helicopter prepares to take off again.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 4216)
  • Featured Period: 1945-1975
  • Production Date: 1969
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 700, S Flight (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Seahawk (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Sea King (object name) GB, England & Culdrose, Cornwall <RNAS Station> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 118 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes: Technical: underexposed
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 4216

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