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Description: I. MSs of a modified Southampton Class cruiser (HMS Birmingham ?) underway in a slight sea.
II. Sequence showing a 3-inch Mk VII turret emplaced on shore - 4.5-inch Mk VI turret in the background. Mk VII trains through 360 degrees and elevates 90 degrees. Guns open rapid fire.
III. LA.MS of Mk V DCT on shore - it trains round into camera and elevates. Cut to LA.MS of Mk V emplaced on ship (trials cruiser HMS Cumberland ?) - DCT trains round during shot.
IV. MS of test installation for radar outfit of De Havilland Venom - the dish is scanning rapidly - black background. CU of the front of the radar dish - it begins to scan.
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Town Class (object name)
equipment, British naval - fire control: director, Mk V (object name)
weapons, British naval - gun: 3-inch, Mk VII turret (object name)