ANTI-SUBMARINE HELICOPTERS (RUSHES 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ANTI-SUBMARINE HELICOPTERS (RUSHES 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 854
  • Other titles: ANTI-SUBMARINE WHIRLWIND COOPERATES WITH HMS GRAFTON [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Unedited scenes of a Westland Whirlwind helicopter in an anti-submarine rôle.
  • Description: Series of shots shows anti-submarine Whirlwind XG 593 hovering over the sea to lower a transducer. Crewman fires a flare from the helicopter. HMS Grafton (F.51) is standing by, and a Fairey Gannet circles the area, its radome lowered.
  • Alternative Title: ANTI-SUBMARINE WHIRLWIND COOPERATES WITH HMS GRAFTON [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 854
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1957
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Grafton (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British naval - combat: Fairey Gannet (object name) aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Whirlwind (object name) equipment, British naval - surveillance: asdic transducer (object name) operations, British naval - routine (object name) ships, British naval - frigate: Grafton (F.51) (object name)
  • 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: 864 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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