SAM PEPYS JOINS THE NAVY [Main Title]

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  • Title: SAM PEPYS JOINS THE NAVY [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 32
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  • Summary: Humorous film encouraging war savings.
  • Description: Sam Pepys, a new recruit, joins up, to the amusement of the officer, who comments on his namesake's "energy, foresight and guts" as Secretary of the Admiralty. Good shots of basic training, knots, steering in a simulator, lifeboat drill, model showing how to drop anchor, gunnery practice on simulator, operation of torpedo (costs nearly 3,000 pounds), ack-ack practice. The officer then sees that Sam has been recommended for a commission, saying "bet old Sam will be proud of him." Pepys' portrait nods agreement, and asks the officer how the navy is financed. The officers reel off current prices: destroyer over 400,000; cruiser 2,000,000; battleship 8,000,000. Pepys is confounded. All this is achieved by the citizen saver.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: ADM 32
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: National Savings Committee (Production sponsor) GB Screen Services (Production company) Searle, Francis A (Production individual) Dane, Eric (Production individual) Goodwin, Harold B (Production individual) Harvey, Walter (Production individual) Douglas, John O (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - practical: War Savings (object name) training, British naval (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 750 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 32

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