Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: RN and RAF in Combined Exercises
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Home Fleet on Manoeuvres. DESCRIPTION: Bomber, Fighter and Coastal Commands, together with submarines of the Royal Navy provided a token striking force in the recent North Sea battle, called Exercise Dawn. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS LS Cromarty, sea in foreground and tail of Sunderland Flying Boat also in fore. Crew being briefed ashore at Cromarty. MS crew round officer. Cut-in of orders on seawall. LS Cromarty, with dawn breaking. SCU Sunderland Flying Boat in flight. Aerial shot of HMS Anson. GV HMS Howe at sea. Interior - inside nose of flying boat. HMS Anson passes camera. SCU Sunderland in flight. GV destroyer at sea. Aerial shot of destroyer at sea. Air view HMS Implacable at sea. Aerial of HMS Howe at sea. MS of HMS Implacable flight deck. Sea Fury fighters taxiing and taking off. 2 shots ground to air pan with Sea Furies in flight. Destroyer past Implacable the latter not seen. MS white ensign flying at masthead. GV line ahead, in order of Cruiser HMS Superb, battleship HMS Anson, battleship HMS Howe. Line ahead shot taken from aircraft carrier Implacable.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Navy; Military
- Locations
- Scotland
- Footage sources
- British Paramount
- Card file number
- 50243
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Hilton Craig
- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 135
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: RN and RAF in Combined Exercises', British Movietone News Issue No. 990, 24 May 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15122 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)