MISCELLANEOUS NAVAL MATERIAL 11 [Allocated Title]

Fragments spliced together

I. MS as Fairmile 'D' ML passes (see ADM 670).

II. MLS as B-25 flies over - film reversed.

III. Frontal MCU of bridge on HMS Dauntless. Portside profile of Dauntless, under way in calm sea (see ADM 661).

IV. MS as Barracudas, in line ahead, taxi for take off from airfield - G2Z enters right of frame to join the line. LS at sea as FB drops torpedo. Rear 3/4 MS of Barracudas parked line abreast - camera pans to follow group of pilots walking down the line. FBs taxi for take off. MS as C1L and C2Q move past camera. FB flies over. Various LSs of torpedo practice at sea and massed flight of approximately 18 aircraft. MS of Barracuda landing - camera pans to follow and holds on aircraft control tower. MS pan as C1P takes off.

V. MS of commandos and ratings on messdeck of landing craft, reading and playing cards - tea urn and range of foreground. MCU as commandos, smoke and play cards.

VI. HA.MS from bridge to focsle of HMS Newport - lookout in the eyes. MS forward from abaft fourth funnel - Oerlikon position in foreground and at waist and bridge wings. MS off starboard bow of Newport under way in calm sea.

VII. CU as rating cleans elevators on Corsair and LSs as various aircraft fly over - Hurricanes, Spitfires, Junkers Ju 88 (?), and Oxford.

35mm