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Description: | The might of the Allied navies, represented by the dreadnoughts of the Grand Fleet, 1918.
(Reel 1) Searchlight battery at night - beams weave about and spotlight moored destroyers. Admirals Beatty and Rodman onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Scenes onboard HMS Canada - divine service (Glorious Class battle cruiser in background), PT, re-victualling, ammunitioning, etc. Close-up of fresh water distillation apparatus - a rating chips salt from the condenser coils. Engine room scenes - men stoke and rake out boilers. Rum, soap, and tobacco rations are distributed. Sick bay. Deck games. Close-up of Challenge Cup for pulling boats of capital ships. (Reel 2) British and American marines go ashore for drill and inspection. Coaling and refuelling HMS Canada. Pan over fleet anchorage and medium long shot of Iron Duke Class battleship with superimposed binocular effect. (Reel 3) Medium shots of Allied battleships - Queen Elizabeth, Wyoming, New York, and Royal Sovereign Classes. Ships of 1st and 2nd Battle Squadrons pass beneath Forth bridge: HMS Canada, Emperor of India, Benbow, Iron Duke, Conqueror. Destroyer pens - track past HMS Vampire, Rob Roy, Ready, and Rocket. Destroyers at sea in line ahead: Admiralty W Class, R Class, Later Marksman Class Leader, etc. "The Cradle of the Deep": destroyers in line astern in heavy weather. Medium long shot as line of destroyers turns hard a'port into camera. Destroyer flotilla opens fire. Inboard shot from searchlight position as W Class destroyer makes smoke. Medium shot of smoke screen barrier. Medium long shot profile of R Class destroyer on sunlit sea. (Reel 5) Royal Sovereign Class battleships in line astern with escorting destroyers. Broadsides fired. Medium shot profile of "Leviathan afloat": HMS Emperor of India. End medium shot of a rating cradling a 4in shell, ready for loading.
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Rocket Beatty light cruiser 12/3(261.2).7 CASTOR (HMS) CANADA (HMS) H Ready Queen Elizabeth Vampire BENBOW (HMS) David Richard Royal Navy Rob Roy EMPEROR OF INDIA (HMS) Rodman battleship Iron Duke | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Engholm, F W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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