News in Colour: Exercise ‘Sally Forth’
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Section Title
- News in Colour
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Exercise Sally Forth - News in Colour. DESCRIPTION: A demonstration of British Sea and Air Power - purpose of the exercise is to show representatives on NATO countries the contribution the British Navy, Royal Marines and RAF can make. SHOTLIST: GV from HMS Bristol of the Royal Fleet in line ahead. CU bows of two naval ships. SV on left Sir Andrew Humphrey Airforce Chief Marshal & Navy Commander in Chief Sir Edward Ashmore. CU Sir Edward looks through glasses. GV HMS Nubian (F131) steaming at speed. SV decks - pan up to radar equipment. GV 2 Wasp helicopters flying from Nubian. SV 2 Wasp helicopters carrying anti-ship missiles. Wasp ‘copter showing missile attached to fuselage. SV pan two helicopters fly past at speed. GV RAF Nimrod flying over area - it drops a sonic buoy simulating a submarine hunt. SV pan down at it drops into sea. LV naval ships in line ahead in chase. SV HMS Charybdis (F75) firing salvo of anti-submarine mortar bombs. LV mortar bomb into sea. GV explosions commence. SV water erupting. SV HMS Charybdis firing mortar bombs. GV bombs into sea and explosions. LV HMS Gurkha (F122) firing mortar bombs. SV explosions in sea. CU naval officer looking through glasses (binoculars). SV nuclear submarine HMS Valiant rising to surface. GV Valiant flanked by naval ships and ‘copter escort flying overhead. SV ditto with HMS Fife. GV Fife (D20) containing Lord Carrington steaming alongside HMS Bristol. SV naval personnel on superstructure of Fife. SV naval man firing lifeline from HMS Bristol over to HMS Fife. LV Fife alongside with lines attached. GV the Russian spy trawler steaming nearby. STV naval men fixing lifeline on Bristol pan showing a missile in launching well, pan back to HMS Fife. CU large radar beacon on Fife zoom back to men about to pull at lifeline. SV pan as Carrington is pulled across from Fife to Bristol and lowered onto deck. SV naval men watching from Fife. SCU Carrington talking to officer on Bristol. GV Russian spy trawler shadowed by RNML which keeps heading it off. CU naval man looking through glasses. GV HMS Ark Royal decks loaded with Buccaneers and Phantom planes. LV Ark Royal with planes taking off. GV pan Buccaneer dropping bombs on target. SV 2 Buccaneers dropping bombs pan down to large explosion in sea. SV pan Buccaneer fly past at speed. GV pan down bombs hit sea and explode. SV 2 Buccaneers firing rockets and guns. SV explosions on sea. SV a Phantom firing its guns. SV explosions. SV Harrier Jump Jet hovering above HMS Bulwark zoom back to GV naval ships steaming nearby. CU sailor looks through glasses. LV Royal Navy ships in line ahead. GV five naval ships steaming into line ahead.
- Keywords
- Navy; Military
- Locations
- Firth of Forth; North Sea
- Card file number
- 99258
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 312
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