Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: RN and RAF in Combined Exercises

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

990

Date Released

24 May 1948

Date submitted

20 May 1948

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Scarborough Conference Hears Attlee and Bevin
2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Film Premiere Starts Riot
3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: From Behind the Iron Curtain
4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Palestine Struggle - Scenes in Haifa
5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: RN and RAF in Combined Exercises

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:

Camera

Hilton Craig

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

135

Story extras:

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