PACIFIC ODYSSEY TRANS NORTH PACIFIC ROWING EXPEDITION 2001 (MISCELLANEOUS FOOTAGE) [Allocated Title]



  • Title: PACIFIC ODYSSEY TRANS NORTH PACIFIC ROWING EXPEDITION 2001 (MISCELLANEOUS FOOTAGE) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 6682
  • Other titles: ROYAL NAVY VIDEOS: 2000s [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: (Tape 1) Preparation, May 2001. (Tape 2) Setting off from Japan, May 2001. (Tape 3) Video communications/messages received via satellite from the crew of the two-man Pacific Odyssey rowing crew. (Tape 4) Video communications/message received via satellite from the crew of the two-man Pacific Odyssey rowing crew. Visually poor quality, but containing a spectacular shot of a whale passing the Pacific Odyssey boat and flipping its tail. (Tape 5) Rushes (described as a dub) (Tape 6) Short edit (5 mins), labelled "Master". The two members of the Pacific Odyssey crew - Royal Marine Commandos Tim Welford and Dominic (Dom) Mee - pose on temple steps in Japan and give a brief interview. Posed shots in the boat itself.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 6682)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2001-05
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) Film and Photographic (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP Number of items/reels/tapes: 6 Footage: 30 & 5; Running time: 120 mins (ca)
  • Notes: Remarks: Pacific Odyssey was the title of an attempt by Royal Marine Commandos Tim Welford and Dominic (Dom) Mee to row the North Pacific, unsupported, from West to East.
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