DUTIES OF THE HELMSMAN (RUSHES 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: DUTIES OF THE HELMSMAN (RUSHES 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 888
  • Other titles: JUNIOR SEAMEN UNDER INSTRUCTION AT HMS GANGES [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Scenes at HMS Ganges shore establishment, Shotley Gate, Suffolk and on board a Daring Class destroyer.
  • Description: I. Junior seamen under instruction at HMS Ganges - swimming, boxing, gymnastics (trampoline), rugby. MS of the main gates as they open, and a class of boys, with Petty Officer instructor, march out to halt before camera - the nearest boy has difficulty keeping a straight face. II. Engine room of a Daring Class destroyer - engine room watch at throttle control, with CUs of telegraph at Slow and Half Ahead, revolution telegraph and revolution counter and direction pointer.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 888)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1960
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) Film House Productions Ltd (Production company) Armstrong, John H (Production individual) Poynter, Bob (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, GANGES (HMS), shore establishment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: training, British naval: PT (object name) equipment, British naval - propulsion: engine room, destroyer (object name) GB, England & Shotley Gate, Suffolk <HMS Ganges shore establishment> (geography)
  • 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: 605 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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    ADM 888

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