HMS ALBION REFUELS FROM RFA WAVE BARON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS ALBION REFUELS FROM RFA WAVE BARON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 3356
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Poor quality aerial film of a replenishment at sea.
  • Description: Aerial LS of HMS Albion at sea - her after lift is down. Albion closes on Wave Baron as the tanker deploys a derrick refuelling rig. The camera aircraft circles as the two ships run abreast for refuelling.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 3356
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 3356)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1963
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, ALBION (HMS), aircraft carrier (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Wave Baron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - amphibious: Albion (object name) ships, British auxiliary - supply: Wave Baron (object name) operations, British naval - routine: replenishment at sea (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 93 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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