HMS BRISTOL DEMONSTRATES ASW AND GUN ARMAMENT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS BRISTOL DEMONSTRATES ASW AND GUN ARMAMENT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 4594
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: HMS Bristol fires an Ikara long-range anti-submarine missile and several rounds from her Mark 8 4.5-inch gun.
  • Description: LS of HMS Bristol as she turns hard a'port at speed. MS off her starboard bow as she launches an Ikara - the camera pans to follow the missile's flight. MS as the destroyer steams left to right - frame left cuts off the after part of the ship. Onboard HA to focsle as 4.5-inch gun fires five rounds to starboard.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 4594
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 4594)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1972-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, BRISTOL (HMS), destroyer (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - destroyer: Bristol (object name) weapons, Australian naval - missile: Ikara & [British] (object name) weapons, British naval - gun: 4.5-inch Mk 8 (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
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