Navy and RAF Hold Combined Exercises

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
225A
Date Released
28 Sep 1933
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Navy and RAF Hold Combined Exercises. DESCRIPTION: Home fleet attacks base in Firth of Forth, defence of which is under taken by aircraft alone. SHOTLIST: Shot of the Battleships (two) in Line Ahead. Close shot of the naval guns. Plane catapulted from ship. Warships in Line Ahead. Shots of Flying Boats on the sea under the Forth Bridge. Flight Sergeant and two other officers. The Sergeant standing on a capstan is told by the officer "to signal planes to take off". He signals with lamp. Close shot of the sea rushing past fleet of flying boat as taken from the plane. Shot of the Flying Boat passing under the Forth Bridge. Very close shot. Shot of the Bridge as seen from a travelling plane. Formation of Bi-planes (maybe flying boats) passing over the Bridge. Shot of Hawker Harts lined up on the aerodrome with mechanics preparing same. One taking off into camera (Bi-planes). Flight of Gordon Day Bombers taking off. In flight formation in air. Aerial (Bi-planes). Close aerial shot of one plane flying singly. Bi-plane. One plane peels off from the formation of three. Aerial of the battleships at sea. Crew of the battleships run to action stations and prepare to fire AA gun. Bi-planes in air preparing to attack. three bi-planes in formation towards camera. Aerial of "Renown", "Warspite" and "Malaya" at sea. Shots of the planes attacking in the air. Ground shot of the Battleships at sea. Planes over above attacking. Battleships steaming into camera.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Military
Card file number
2594
Length of story (in feet)
145
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'Navy and RAF Hold Combined Exercises', British Movietone News Issue No. 225A, 28 Sep 1933. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/4402 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)