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.
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:ADM 4216
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (ADM 4216)
Featured Period:1945-1989
Production Date:1969-1969
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
