AIRCRAFT FIREFIGHTING ON NAVAL AIR STATIONS (RUSHES 6) [Allocated Title]

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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".
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 867 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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    ADM 771

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