Description
Object description
Destroyer HMS Quadrant (D.17) passes close by cameraship, a Ruler Class escort carrier of the Fleet Train. LS over fleet, including three fleet carriers and their cruiser escorts. HA.MS from island to three Corsairs aft - they run up and take off, props generating vortices in the humid air. LS of HMS Implacable (?) with a destroyer in close company. Sequence showing a jackstay transfer between destroyer and cameraship - gas cylinders (?) are brought across to the carrier. LS of a destroyer refuelling from a tanker - HMS King George V in XLS background. HMS Quickmatch (G.92) passes - she digs in her bows and throws up a fine spray. Black Swan Class sloop (A.468) passes close to cameraship. LA.MS-CU as Corsair II of 1841 Squadron (HMS Formidable) takes off, followed by two more unmarked aircraft - in the middle of the sequence a flight of three Avengers goes overhead. LS of fleet carrier HMS Formidable (?) passing astern of cameraship. Sequence showing the take off of two Seafires and a radar equipped Firefly. Crewmen are dispersing after jackstay transfer when a Corsair flies low along the starboard side of the carrier, passing from stern to bow. LS of destroyer making smoke. LS of TBD pulling out of a mock attack against a Dido Class cruiser, escort to a fleet carrier.
Full description
Destroyer HMS Quadrant (D.17) passes close by cameraship, a Ruler Class escort carrier of the Fleet Train. LS over fleet, including three fleet carriers and their cruiser escorts. HA.MS from island to three Corsairs aft - they run up and take off, props generating vortices in the humid air. LS of HMS Implacable (?) with a destroyer in close company. Sequence showing a jackstay transfer between destroyer and cameraship - gas cylinders (?) are brought across to the carrier. LS of a destroyer refuelling from a tanker - HMS King George V in XLS background. HMS Quickmatch (G.92) passes - she digs in her bows and throws up a fine spray. Black Swan Class sloop (A.468) passes close to cameraship. LA.MS-CU as Corsair II of 1841 Squadron (HMS Formidable) takes off, followed by two more unmarked aircraft - in the middle of the sequence a flight of three Avengers goes overhead. LS of fleet carrier HMS Formidable (?) passing astern of cameraship. Sequence showing the take off of two Seafires and a radar equipped Firefly. Crewmen are dispersing after jackstay transfer when a Corsair flies low along the starboard side of the carrier, passing from stern to bow. LS of destroyer making smoke. LS of TBD pulling out of a mock attack against a Dido Class cruiser, escort to a fleet carrier.
Physical description
35mm