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Unedited scenes showing naval "saboteurs" in Malta.
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I. MS of "saboteur" wearing snorkel gear. He shelters behind the bow of a small rowing boat in Sliema Creek, before diving out of sight.
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II. Sequence showing dghaisas (dghajsas) lying off HMS Birmingham in Grand Harbour, Malta. Man in bum boat offers soft drinks from a crate. Two bum boats lie close beneath the stern of destroyer HMS Saintes (D.84), and anti-submarine frigate Undaunted (F.53) - a ship's launch passes left to right in the background.
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III. Series of underwater shots showing saboteurs wearing oxygen re-breathing apparatus and holding clamp mines - they swim past with their heads above water, and then again completely submerged. The divers assemble near a mooring buoy, and then dive, taking bearings from their wrist compasses. In another sequence, they surface near a buoy, using it as a cover while they look about - they then dive, check compasses and swim off.
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35mm