OPERATION COCKPIT [Allocated Title]

HMS Illustrious flies off a strike against Sabang as part of TF 70 in Operation Cockpit

Extreme long shots of naval strike aircraft circling over the task force. LS of HMS Gambia. MLS off port quarter of HMS Renown steaming in a calm sea. HA.MS from island to lip of flight deck as camera ship HMS Illustrious flies off two Barracuda. Avengers from USS Saratoga pass overhead. LSs of escorts Gambia and HMS London with HMS Ceylon in the background. LS off port beam of HMS Renown. LS pans over cruisers and distant destroyer screen - HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth visible on the horizon. HA as Corsair takes off, followed by others from a running range - camera moves to deck level for the last shot, aircraft passing left to right through frame. Cut to a series of freeze frames showing aerial views of the raid - approach to the bay, burning steamer and oil tanks, general view with Bergmeer Mountain Lake at frame right, Lhenga airfield with buildings and aircraft in flames, general view over bay and airfield, harbour facilities alight, view from out at sea showing the smoke pall rising from oil tanks (right) and airfield (left).

35mm