HMS MANXMAN ACTS AS MINESWEEPER SUPPORT SHIP IN SARAWAK [Allocated Title]
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- Title: HMS MANXMAN ACTS AS MINESWEEPER SUPPORT SHIP IN SARAWAK [Allocated Title]
- Film Number: ADM 3432
- Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - SOUTH EAST ASIA [Allocated Series Title]
- Summary: Minesweeper support ship HMS Manxman and a flotilla of Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy minesweepers in Borneo waters. Scenes onboard a minesweeper during an A sweep and during an acoustic sweep.
- Description: HMS Manxman (N.70) lies at anchor with the Ton Class minesweepers HMS Dartington (M.1203) and Chawton (M.1209) alongside. LS from onboard Manxman as a small outboard approaches carrying three soldiers. HA to Dartington alongside. HMAS Hawk (M.1139 ex-HMS Somerleyton) approaches to secure alongside, followed by LCM 09. Crewmen sunbathe on the focsle of one of the minesweepers - one plays a guitar. HMS Chawton makes stern way to clear Manxman and makes off. A launch delivers a Lieutenant-Commander clutching an attaché case. HMS Puncheston (M.1174) approaches and secures alongside. LS of Manxman seen stern-to with one minesweeper alongside to port, and two to starboard. LS-MS from Manxman as HMAS Snipe (M.1102 ex-HMS Alcaston) approaches. Cut to sequence shot onboard a Ton Class minesweeper steaming at sea - HMS Fiskerton (M.1206) holds station off to starboard - she flashes a signal. CU of winchman as cameraship veers wire sweep rope. CU, helmsman. Crewmen use a bolt-cutter - to free the end cutter from the sweep wire? A man carries out a running repair, working with a vice clamped to the side of the ship - splicing a sweep wire ? HMS Fiskerton signals again. LS to two minesweepers in line astern of the cameraship. Fiskerton recovers sweep wire with a cutter attached. Crewman uses a wire rope measurer while a companion picks up a stopper ready to attach it to the sweep rope. LS as sweep rope breaks the surface creating a long splash line. Fiskerton and another minesweeper run abreast of the cameraship during a sweep. Fiskerton recovers kite and stoppered cable, a crewman leaning out over the stern to remove a cutter before it reaches the roller fairlead. CU on the cameraship as she heaves in the sweep - a crewman stands by with a mallet and knocks off a stopper as it comes in. CU of winch. A man leans out and attaches a cordage tail to a chain stopper supporting the sweep wire. An acoustic hammer is lowered over the ship's side for a sound sweep, and two floats deployed on either quarter. MS over drum of winch to quarterdeck as the minesweeper recovers a magnetic sweep cable. Cameraship closes on HMS Manxman, a crewman standing ready on the focsle with a light heaving line. Cameraship goes alongside the support ship, securing just aft of the Australian minesweeper HMAS Gull (M.1185 ex-HMS Swanston).
- Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - SOUTH EAST ASIA [Allocated Series Title]
- Colour: B&W
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- Object_Number: ADM 3432
- Sound: Silent
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 3432)
- Featured Period: 1946-1975
- Production Date: 1964
- Production Country: GB
- Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Manxman (regiment/service) Royal Navy, DARTINGTON (HMS), minesweeper (regiment/service) Royal Navy, CHAWTON (HMS), minesweeper (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Puncheston (regiment/service) Royal Navy, FISTKERTON (HMS), minsweeper (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Somerleyton (regiment/service) Royal Navy, ALCASTON (HMS), minesweeper (regiment/service) Royal Australian Navy, HAWK (HMAS), minesweeper (regiment/service) Royal Australian Navy, SNIPE (HMAS), minesweeper (regiment/service)
- Keywords: ships, British naval - harbour: Manxman (N.70) (object name) ships, British naval - minelayer, ocean: Manxman (N.70) (object name) ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Dartington (M.1203) (object name) ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Chawton (M.1209) (object name) ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Puncheston (M.1174) (object name) ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Fiskerton (M.1206) (object name) ships, Australian naval - minesweeper, coastal: Hawk (M.1139) (object name) ships, Australian naval - minesweeper, coastal: Snipe (M.1102) (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCM (object name) operations, British naval - mines: clearance (object name) Indonesian Confrontation (event) Malaya (geography)
- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
- Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 270 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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