Title:LANDING CRAFT (ROCKET) AND SEQUENCES FROM OPERATION HARPOON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 920
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Summary: LCR 344, a Landing Craft (Rocket), in action, and scenes from the Malta Convoy (Operation Harpoon).
Description: I. Medium shot of the starboard beam of LCR 334 as she fires thirty five salvoes of rockets while underway at sea; dense smoke rolls over the stern. Slow motion sequence shows 334 shrouded in smoke - only the bow is clearly visible. She fires four salvoes.
II. Film sequence (with the soundtrack on the wrong side) depicting Operation Harpoon, the Malta Convoy - see THE HAZARDS OF CONVOY (ADM 583).
III. Sequence showing three Messerschmitt Me 109s circling over Valletta, and bombs exploding in the town.
IV. Convoy defence: a cruiser fires at distant raiders. Bombs explode amidst merchant vessels.
