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Title:FORCE G LIES AT WEYMOUTH ON D-1 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 1978
Other titles:OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:
Description: I. 360 degree pan over the invasion fleet - trawlers, tugs (including Assurance and Director Class vessels), LSI(L)s, Rhino ferry, LSTs, LSE Adventure, Prince Charles Class LSI(S), auxiliary coastal AA vessel, LCP(L), etc. Barrage balloons overhead.
II. MLS off the port quarter of LSI(L), and pan right to Bustler Class tugs, and dockyard paddle-driven and US mercantile (YFT) types. Repeated pans over the anchorage, and MS off the starboard quarter of LSE Adventure at her moorings (SW.RDF lantern of the cameraship, HMS Despatch, visible in the foreground).
III. MCU as ship's launch approaches. Final MS off the port beam of an auxiliary coastal AA vessel (similar to Queen Empress).
Alternative Title:OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
RN Combat Film Unit No 1 (Production company)
Dines, Gordon (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, ADVENTURE (HMS), minelayer (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, DESPATCH (HMS), light cruiser (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Despatch (object name)
ships, British naval - cruiser: Adventure (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LSE Adventure (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: Prince Charles Class LSI[S] (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LSI[L] (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: Rhino ferry (object name)
ships, British naval - assistance: Assurance Class tug (object name)
ships, British naval - assistance: Director Class tug (object name)
ships, British naval - assistance: Bustler Class tug (object name)
ships, British auxiliary - anti-aircraft, coastal: [paddle] (object name)
01/5(4-16).1 (event)
Weymouth, Dorset,UK (geography)