Eyes of the US Navy

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

803-2

Date Released

17 Jan 1927

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1England 11, Wales 9
2. 2Middlesex. Business Houses’ Race
3. 3Eyes of the US Navy
4. 4'Betty’ Grows Up!
5. 5From Seine to Thames
6. 6'At Menin Gate’
7. *Dudley Military Honours
8. *Rugby International

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Realistic aerial attack on battleships during spring manoeuvres of Pacific Fleet." Spray and wash seen from stern of ship, with two other ships astern. Nine biplanes flying in threes towards the camera. Several ships forming a smoke screen. Closer shot of the biplanes. Shots of a ship and aircraft, seen from a plane. Shots of bombs leaving the bomb bay of a plane, some falling wide of the target. Another stick of bombs falling right on to a battleship.

Keywords

Aviation; Navy; Military

Length of story (in feet)

81

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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