ARCTIC CRUISE OF THE HOME FLEET, NOVEMBER 1952 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ARCTIC CRUISE OF THE HOME FLEET, NOVEMBER 1952 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1405
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Film taken on board HMS Vanguard (Parts 1 and 2) and HMS Eagle (Parts 3 and 4) in the Arctic Ocean. Icing conditions and bad Weather. "Order of the Blue Nose" ceremony (for those sailors who have crossed the Arctic Circle).
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  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1405
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1952-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, EAGLE (HMS), aircraft carrier (1946) (regiment/service) Royal Navy, HMS VANGUARD, battleship (1944) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Eagle (object name) ships, British naval - battleship: Vanguard (object name) operations, British naval - routine (object name) Arctic Ocean (geography) ice (concept)
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