SUBMARINE ATTACK SEQUENCE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SUBMARINE ATTACK SEQUENCE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1720
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Staged interiors showing an A-Class (?) submarine making an attack and being subsequently depth-charged. A final sequence is shot from a destroyer participating in the counter-attack.
  • Description: Men relax in the mess - cards, letter writing, marquetry. Warrant officers receive orders over coffee. Ludo in the wardroom.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 1720
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 1720)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1960
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Solebay (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - destroyer: Solebay (object name) ships, British naval - submarine (object name) weapons, British naval - depth charge: Squid (object name) combat [simulated], British naval: submarine (object name) recreation, British naval - casual: cards (object name) recreation, British naval - casual: Ludo (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: 1299 ft; Running time: 13 mins
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