KNOW YOUR OWN NAVY - Part 1 [Main Title]

Part 1 of basic instructional film for airmen separates for general identification purposes Royal Navy ship types by size and function over stockshot views of vessels at sea.

Part 1 is subtitled "A brief survey of His Majesty's ships by Type only." Aerial reconnaissance duties of RAF cooperating with Royal Navy are listed over aerial view of Anson of Coastal Command: report position, disposition, composition, course and speed of seaborne enemy force. Ship Types are then very broadly defined over general film: battleship, heavy and light cruiser, destroyer (H 99 - HMS Hero), sloop, minesweeper, aircraft carrier (HMS Ark Royal), depot ship and submarine (14M - HMS Porpoise). Commentary combines levity with bombast, declaring that "today Britain looks to seapower to thrash an upstart with poor sea manners (Germany)" and recalling Nelson's dictum on the enemy.

16mm