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Title:AIRCRAFT FIREFIGHTING ON NAVAL AIR STATIONS (RUSHES 6) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 771
Other titles:SPRAY PAINTING IN HM SHIPS (RUSHES 1) [Allocated Title]
Summary: Unedited scenes of firefighting vehicles at a naval air station; also shots for Admiralty training film on painting ships (A530).
Description: I. From their hangars, crash tenders are driven at high speed to the airfield and along the runway, where they are joined by other vehicles and a crane. A Hawker Sea Fury and a Supermarine Sea Otter take off from the airfield.
II. In Portsmouth harbour, various shots of the repainting of the submarine depot ship HMS Adamant - spray painting portside; funnel; interior piping; scraping forecastle; painting machinery room. Caps of ratings read "HMS Bellerophon".
Alternative Title:SPRAY PAINTING IN HM SHIPS (RUSHES 1) [Allocated Title]