THE AA DEFENCE OF HM SHIPS (RUSHES 5) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE AA DEFENCE OF HM SHIPS (RUSHES 5) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 830
  • Other titles: CANBERRAS AND SEA HAWKS IN FLIGHT; MEDITERRANEAN EXERCISE WITH HMS EAGLE; DARING CLASS DESTROYER AT A PRACTICE SHOOT [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Unedited scenes onboard HMS Eagle, and shots of a Daring Class destroyer.
  • Description: I. Miscellaneous aerial shots of Canberras and Sea Hawks. LSs of aircraft flying in formation. View from Sea Hawk crossing the coast to come in for a landing. LS-MS looking towards harbour mouth - Sea Hawk flies out to sea, passing over the camera. Aerial MS sequence showing four Sea Hawks in level flight above cloud layer. LA.LS to a single Canberra, flying away from camera, leaving a vapour trail - at the end of the sequence, the camera aircraft closes and passes beneath the Canberra. View of cloud layer from aircraft - the horizon tilts as the aircraft banks left, and then levels again. Sequence showing a single Sea Hawk of 898 Squadron in level flight left to right. II. LA.MS of twin 4.5-inch turret on a Daring Class destroyer as it trains round and elevates - one gun fires a round. III. Mediterranean exercise. Camera helicopter closes on the starboard quarter of HMS Glasgow to hover over the quarter deck - she is steaming at speed in a calm sea, firing AA over the beam. LS of a Colony Class cruiser (HMS Ceylon ?), and pan to French Gloire Class cruiser, HMS Eagle, and accompanying destroyers. IV. MS from helicopter to a Daring Class destroyer (Daring or Diana) underway. MCU of the port side of the bridge, the camera pulling back to show B turret and lattice, and then the whole of the forepart of the ship. Cut to camera situated inboard, and shots of the bridge and forward turrets - the guns train over the starboard beam, elevate, and fire by single barrels. LA.CU of nacelle on 4.5-inch DCT - it trains skywards. MS of DCT as it scans upwards and revolves. Final CU of the DCT framework - DCT trains to starboard, nacelle coming into frame and scanning skywards.
  • Alternative Title: CANBERRAS AND SEA HAWKS IN FLIGHT; MEDITERRANEAN EXERCISE WITH HMS EAGLE; DARING CLASS DESTROYER AT A PRACTICE SHOOT [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 830
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1954-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, EAGLE (HMS), aircraft carrier (1946) (regiment/service) Royal Navy, GLASGOW (HMS), light cruiser (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Eagle (object name) ships, British naval - cruiser: Glasgow (object name) ships, British naval - cruiser: Colony Class (object name) ships, British naval - destroyer: Daring Class (object name) ships, French naval - cruiser: Gloire Class (object name) aircraft, British naval - combat: Hawker Sea Hawk (object name) aircraft, British - combat: English Electric Canberra (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: 1132 ft; Running time: 12 mins
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