BARRAGE BALLOON, SEAFIRE AND MOTOR GUN BOAT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BARRAGE BALLOON, SEAFIRE AND MOTOR GUN BOAT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 805
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  • Summary: Three episode of unedited naval material.
  • Description: I. A barrage balloon is winched upwards from a field until it is at a great height. II. Aerial shot of a Supermarine Seafire over the sea; on the deck of an auxiliary aircraft carrier. A Seafire is brought up on a lift, the engine is started. (Technicolor chart and clapper board). III. Motor gun boat sails from camera at a great speed; sea calm. Close up of wake, and boat following.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 805
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Gunn, Gilbert (Production individual) Unsworth, Geoffrey19141978-10-28 (Production individual)
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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: 709 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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    ADM 805

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