OUR NAVY - PART TWO [Main Title]
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- Title: OUR NAVY - PART TWO [Main Title]
- Film Number: ADM 2547-2
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- Summary: A review of the ships of the Royal Navy, complete with intertitles.
- Description: VIEW FROM THE FIGHTING TOP OF THE REVENGE: High angle shot from top of HMS Revenge, looking down on deck, small craft alongside and funnel. EMERGENCY RAFTS. THE PADDLES STRAPPED READY FOR USE: Medium shot from deck, tilting up to show rafts attached flat to funnel housing. LOOKING DOWN THE HUGE FUNNEL OF THE REVENGE: High angle shot from above, looking down into funnel. THE FUNNEL IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS: High angle shot from above, looking down into funnel. WE DID THIS ON PEACE DAY...Low angle shot from deck, showing sailor on a boom, fixing something BUT BEFORE THE RUM ISSUE...Low angle shot from deck, showing sailor on a boom, acknowledging camera. COMMANDER HODGES' CHIEF OF STAFF AND COMMANDER PARKER, CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET, ESCORTED BY FLAG CAPTAIN BEST, D.S.O. COME ABOARD THE REVENGE: Medium shot from deck as they come aboard (at sea). GLAD TIDINGS: Reading the announcement of the increase in Naval Pay.' Medium shot of officer seated on deck beneath large guns, reads announcement and tells his fellow officers, who share the good news in high spirits! THIS IS EASY...UNTIL YOU TRY IT: Medium shot crew members climb a rope ladder up to a boom and walk across it, using a guide rope. HMS FURIOUS. THE HUSH-HUSH SHIP OF THE WAR, AND THE LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH NAVY. SHE ACCOMODATES 40 AEROPLANES. NEARLY 800FT LONG AND FITTED WITH 90,000 H.P. ENGINES WHICH CONSUME 133,400lbs OF OIL PER HOUR. SHE CARRIES A CREW OF 1400: Tracking shot from boat of aircraft carrier at anchor (at sea), dressed overall. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE FURIOUS TAKEN FROM THE HUGE LIFT WHICH TRANSPORTS THE AEROPLANES TO THE MAIN DECK: Medium shot hatchway, looking out to sea, an aircraft silhouetted in front, then camera rises with the lift up to deck level. HMS FEARLESS. THE LEADER SHIP OF THE 1ST SUBMARINE FLOTILLA. THIS SHIP AND THE ARETHUSA FOUGHT VALIANTLY AT THE BATTLE OF THE BIGHT, AUGUST 1914: Tracking shot from boat of "HMS Fearless' at anchor (at sea), dressed overall. THE OFFICERS OF THE FEARLESS:Medium shot group of officers on deck, posing for the camera. THE RANGE FINDER: Low angle shot from deck of two crew members manipulating Range Finder on its platform above deck level. GUN DRILL: Medium shot crew demonstrate gun drill for "small' gun on deck. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ON BOARD THE FEARLESS: Medium shot crew demonstrate drill for anti-aircraft gun on deck. PRACTICE WITH TORPEDO TUBES: Medium close shot tubes being turned on edge of deck. TORPEDOS IN TUBES READY FOR ACTION: Medium shot tubes, showing ends of torpedoes, with crew in attendance, who then close the doors on the tubes. PHYSICAL DRILL: Medium shot small group of crew do various physical exercises on deck. SORTING THE MAIL: Medium shot crew sort the mail below deck. A QUIET GAME OF SNAP. THIS IS VERY POPULAR: Medium shot group play card game on deck. WASHING DAY. AND THERE IS NO 50 PER CENT ON LAUNDRY BILLS: Medium shot of crew using buckets to wash their clothes on deck, and lark about for the camera. A NAVAL HOSPITAL SHIP: Tracking shot from boat of hospital ship at anchor (at sea), small boats in front and alongside. ONE OF THE DOVER PATROL. SUPER MOTOR BOAT. SUBMARINE CHASER: Various shots from ship of motor boat as it moves rapidly away from ship and passes by the side.SUBMARINE CRUISERS GETTING READY FOR SEA: Tracking shot from boat of submarine K.7 on surface, at sea. THROWING OUT A SMOKE SCREEN: Tracking shot from boat showing K.7 doing so. THE K.15. THE LARGEST SUBMARINE IN THE WORLD: Tracking shot around K.15 on surface, at sea. THE FUNNEL AND 4-IN GUN OF THE K.15: Medium shot smoking funnel and gun next to it, on deck. SHOWING HOW THE MOVEABLE FUNNEL IS WORKED: Medium close shot of funnel as it rises up on hinge from below deck. FIRING THE VICTORY SALUTE: Long shot ship fires salute whilst in line at sea, dressed overall. THE FLEET ILLUMINATED TO CELEBRATE PEACE: Tracking shot from boat of illuminated ship.
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- Colour: B&W
- Digitised: Yes
- Object_Number: ADM 2547-2
- Sound: Silent
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
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- Production Date: 1919
- Production Country: GB
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- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
- Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 700 ft
- HD Media:Yes
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