STUDY OF THE ARMAMENT OF A FAIRMILE 'D' MOTOR GUN BOAT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: STUDY OF THE ARMAMENT OF A FAIRMILE 'D' MOTOR GUN BOAT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 811
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  • Summary: Unedited naval footage.
  • Description: I. Various MCUs as a single, unshielded 2-pounder gun is trained and fired (very marked gun vibration). MCUs of shielded 2-pounder mountings - gun crew in anti-flash facings train and fire at high elevation. CU of trainer's hand wheel. II. Aircraft: LS pan as De Havilland Rapide and then Fairey Barracuda fly left to right past camera. III. Frontal MCU of automatic 6-pounder gun on focsle of Fairmile 'D' motor gun boat (note the two Swastika kill markings on the bridge and port twin, .50 calibre MG turret in background). 6-pounder trains left, elevates, and then swings round to starboard. MCU as twin Oerlikon abaft the bridge is elevated. MCU on bridge of starboard twin Vickers 'K' and gunner - camera pans to portside MG. MCU of breech of after semi- automatic 6-pounder - crew man the gun and train left until front of shield comes into view. End CU of twin Oerlikon mounting (TT (torpedo tubes) in foreground).
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 565 ft; Running time: 6 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 811

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