HMS ARK ROYAL EXERCISES WITH USS INDEPENDENCE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS ARK ROYAL EXERCISES WITH USS INDEPENDENCE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 4535
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: HMS Ark Royal and USS Independence in exercise Passex in the Mediterranean. Two 892 Squadron Phantoms carry out cross deck operations.
  • Description: Aerial LS of USS Independence (62) at sea. RN Buccaneers and Phantoms of 809 and 892 Squadrons overfly the US carrier - the Phantoms have their undercarriages down, and the passes are followed by rollers and a landing. Sequence of aerial LSs showing the two carriers at sea - Ark Royal is holding station on the port quarter of Independence, but gradually comes abreast of the American carrier - the difference in size is very marked. Cut to sequence onboard Independence. HA aft from the island as RN Phantoms 011 and 014 come in to do a series of rollers before landing on - US Phantoms and Corsairs are parked along the starboard side of the deck. LS along the flightdeck to 014 parked with a tractor nearby. LA.CU of the tailfin of a USN Phantom F-4J. MS to RN Sea King HAS.1 of 824 Squadron parked alongside the island. The Sea King and the Phantoms are towed away to deck edge park. US aircrew examine the British Phantom F-4Ks. HA from the island as 014 and a US Phantom are prepared for launch from the two waist catapults - the British aircraft's engines produce a burst of flame as the pilot goes to full thrust just before the launch, and the jet blast of the Spey turbofans is very evident compared to that from the American aircraft. The bow catapults come into frame as the camera pans right to follow 014's flight - a US Phantom is being moved onto the starboard bow catapult, while an A-6 Intruder waits ready to go on the port catapult. 011 is manoeuvred onto the outer of the two waist catapults and stropped up.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: ADM 4535
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 4535)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1971-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Ark Royal (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 892 (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Sqdn 824 (regiment/service) United States Navy & Independence (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Ark Royal (object name) ships, United States naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Independence (62) (object name) aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Sea King HAS.1 & [-] (object name) aircraft, United States naval - combat: McDonnell F-4 Phantom & [British] (object name) aircraft, United States naval - combat: McDonnell F-4 Phantom (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 322 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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