Collection search - Episode 2, Glimpses of the British Navy in Wartime : [incomplete]
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Episode 2, Glimpses of the British Navy in Wartime : [incomplete]
Series title:Sons of Our EmpireHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1917Item number (ISN):266073Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:LOMBARDAccession:1969-0030Media:FilmPart:1 of 2Production date:1917Production company:Topical Film CompanyProduction credit:producer, William F. Jury; photography, F.W. EngholmSponsor:War Office Cinema CommitteeDescription:The second part of the episode on the British battle-cruiser squadron base at Rosyth, July and August 1917.~The second part of this episode focuses on the battle-cruiser force, starting with a view of HMS Lion. Footage shows: Admiral Beatty's dog; filing from a small boat in the harbour, the camera shows HMS Tiger, HMS Chester, with the 5.5-inch gun beside which Jack Cornwell died, and some of his shipmates; HMS Birmingham with a destroyer escort passing under a bridge; and the hospital ship HMS Garth Castle collecting wounded from a drifter, and unloading others onto the shore. The wounded are taken by train to a convalescent home. Nurses greet the wounded on the ship and train. Further footage shows: the HMS Yarmouth (possibly HMS Phaeton) at anchor; torpedoes being loaded and fired from the destroyer HMS Firedrake in rough weather; members of the crew display the ensign and a lifebelt captured from the submarine UC.5; and a King Edward VII Class battleship fires a broadside.Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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