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II. Enforcing the blockade. HA aft down the port side as the Lynx lands on, the landing obscured by the block of the hangar. Gloucester intercepts a small Egyptian tug Nina, towing an apparently empty barge. The usual boarding party is sent across in the Searider inflatable.
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I. Replenishment at sea. MS to port forebody of RFA Olna (A.123) steaming in a calm sea. LS aft from Gloucester's forecastle to the tanker steaming alongside - a light gun line has already been passed. A man heaves in the distance line - he signals to the tanker's crew to move the line aft. MS of members of the RAS team rigging a remating line to the refuelling probe - they hook it to the probe trolley and lead it through a snatch block to a strongpoint. CU of the probe in the bell housing of the probe receiver and pan across to the tanker. A man cuts the stops securing the end of the 3-inch hose beneath the main hose. MS to the tanker as a crewman there signals the destroyer's winchman to slack away. A man stuffs a piece of rag into the bell housing to stop a drip. CU of two of the RAS team - one wears the red-covered helmet indicating the gunline. On starboard bridge wing the Officer of the Watch observes the relative position of the two ships using the compass course and the distance line. MS of helmsman on the bridge and CU of the bearing indicator - the course is 125. One of the RAS team shows the Navigating Officer a glass jar containing a sample of the fuel being pumped - it is Dieso F74, and its yellow colour occasions a certain amount of jokiness. The two ships steam close together through a dead calm. Signalman semaphores to the tanker. Break. A piece of floating debris is used as a target for machine gun fire - sea still very calm. Dramatic shots of the sunset. Break. LA as RAS team member signals the Olna - crossed red and green bats held aloft, indicating RAS completed. CU-MS as refuelling probe is retracted. Crewman slips the pelican hook securing the jackstay. Gloucester accelerates away from the tanker - by the time she cuts the oiler's course she is already making 15-20 knots - the Commander looking on from the bridge wing smiles contentedly.
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III. More material on the replenishment. Gloucester closes on oiler's port quarter. Preceded by a warning blast of a whistle (take cover I am about to fire), one of the RAS team fires a gunline across to the tanker. Three blasts of the whistle signal 'All lines clear. No more firing.' Break. LA as a man signals to Olna to slack away. MS forward from the refuelling point to the starboard bridge wing where the Navigating Officer watches the distance line - the two ships are running close together. CU as a man cuts the stops securing the ATW wire to the outhaul. The wire has twisted itself about the hose, and using the red wooden toggle for purchase, the men struggle to free it before securing the end to the pelican hook. Despite their efforts the probe does not run very freely as it comes across. The probe connects and a man signals Olna to start pumping. The men on both ships now pause as pumping continues. Onboard the destroyer a signalman prepares to hoist the Red Bravo flag signifying 'I am taking onboard dangerous cargo' - MS to outboard halyards as the flag is bent on - among the RAS party is a photographer who stands waiting to catch the flag being broken out, while in the foreground a man trying to move forward is restrained by his safety harness.
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IV. Two crewmen sit on deck writing letters home - a belt of 20mm ammunition lies nearby. View from the flightdeck as Gloucester withdraws after the RAS - men are sunbathing on deck. Inside the hangar men sit about listening to pop music - one of the flightcrew sorts through his paperwork.
Full description
I. Replenishment at sea. MS to port forebody of RFA Olna (A.123) steaming in a calm sea. LS aft from Gloucester's forecastle to the tanker steaming alongside - a light gun line has already been passed. A man heaves in the distance line - he signals to the tanker's crew to move the line aft. MS of members of the RAS team rigging a remating line to the refuelling probe - they hook it to the probe trolley and lead it through a snatch block to a strongpoint. CU of the probe in the bell housing of the probe receiver and pan across to the tanker. A man cuts the stops securing the end of the 3-inch hose beneath the main hose. MS to the tanker as a crewman there signals the destroyer's winchman to slack away. A man stuffs a piece of rag into the bell housing to stop a drip. CU of two of the RAS team - one wears the red-covered helmet indicating the gunline. On starboard bridge wing the Officer of the Watch observes the relative position of the two ships using the compass course and the distance line. MS of helmsman on the bridge and CU of the bearing indicator - the course is 125. One of the RAS team shows the Navigating Officer a glass jar containing a sample of the fuel being pumped - it is Dieso F74, and its yellow colour occasions a certain amount of jokiness. The two ships steam close together through a dead calm. Signalman semaphores to the tanker. Break. A piece of floating debris is used as a target for machine gun fire - sea still very calm. Dramatic shots of the sunset. Break. LA as RAS team member signals the Olna - crossed red and green bats held aloft, indicating RAS completed. CU-MS as refuelling probe is retracted. Crewman slips the pelican hook securing the jackstay. Gloucester accelerates away from the tanker - by the time she cuts the oiler's course she is already making 15-20 knots - the Commander looking on from the bridge wing smiles contentedly.
Full description
II. Enforcing the blockade. HA aft down the port side as the Lynx lands on, the landing obscured by the block of the hangar. Gloucester intercepts a small Egyptian tug Nina, towing an apparently empty barge. The usual boarding party is sent across in the Searider inflatable.
Full description
III. More material on the replenishment. Gloucester closes on oiler's port quarter. Preceded by a warning blast of a whistle (take cover I am about to fire), one of the RAS team fires a gunline across to the tanker. Three blasts of the whistle signal 'All lines clear. No more firing.' Break. LA as a man signals to Olna to slack away. MS forward from the refuelling point to the starboard bridge wing where the Navigating Officer watches the distance line - the two ships are running close together. CU as a man cuts the stops securing the ATW wire to the outhaul. The wire has twisted itself about the hose, and using the red wooden toggle for purchase, the men struggle to free it before securing the end to the pelican hook. Despite their efforts the probe does not run very freely as it comes across. The probe connects and a man signals Olna to start pumping. The men on both ships now pause as pumping continues. Onboard the destroyer a signalman prepares to hoist the Red Bravo flag signifying 'I am taking onboard dangerous cargo' - MS to outboard halyards as the flag is bent on - among the RAS party is a photographer who stands waiting to catch the flag being broken out, while in the foreground a man trying to move forward is restrained by his safety harness.
Full description
IV. Two crewmen sit on deck writing letters home - a belt of 20mm ammunition lies nearby. View from the flightdeck as Gloucester withdraws after the RAS - men are sunbathing on deck. Inside the hangar men sit about listening to pop music - one of the flightcrew sorts through his paperwork.
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Beta-SP; VHS