a DAY ON A MINE-SWEEPER [Main]
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År: 1918
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Varighed: 17 mins
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Beskrivelse: Drifters take on provisions from depot vessel. Commander Lyne at work in his office. Drifters leave port - medium close-up of minesweeping drifter Drummer Boy, (GY.964). ML.18 approaches, and Commander with a megaphone hails the cameraship to report a minefield. Medium close-up of Victorian II (GY.1189), with kite a-cockbill - crew pass a line to the cameraship, Glenbervie (GW.14). Onboard scenes as crew operate winch to recover kite. Cameraship passes moored Caledon Class light cruiser. Long shot of drifters in sweep formation. Onboard a drifter, crew fire rifles and Lewis guns to detonate mines (cf IWM 551/06). Medium close-up as sweep is recovered and then payed out. Crew wash down decks. Medium shots of drifter, Drummer Boy, and paddle-minesweeper HMS Eagle III, (534) - Felixstowe flying boat goes over in far distant background. Medium shot of HMS Kylemore (titled as Atalanta II). A "cherished trophy": close-up of the sinker of a German mine. Medium close-up of a contact mine from the captured submarine UC.5, and close-ups of the access plate, cradle and detonating horns. Medium shot of officers and ship's company of Atalanta II. Close-up of young rating with puppies and ship's dog. Men wearing lifejackets play cards on deck. Medium shot of the Captain of Atalanta II, Lieutenant Budgen, with his officers and the Captain of sistership St Seiriol, Lieutenant McClymont.
Activities of drifters and paddle-minesweepers, 1918.
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Nøgleord: EFG1914 / World War I / McClymont, D / Lyne, Thomas J S / Budgen, J / Wallis, W H St J / Glass, W / Royal Navy, ML18 / Royal Navy, EAGLE III (HMS), minesweeper / Royal Navy, ATALANTA II / Royal Navy, St Seiriol / Royal Navy, Kylemore / Royal Navy, DRUMMER BOY (HMS), minesweeper / Royal Navy, Victorian II / Royal Navy, GLENBERVIE (HMS), minesweeper / ships, British naval - cruiser: Caledon Class / ships, British naval - light forces: ML18 / ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Eagle III (534) & [paddle] / ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Kylemore (576) & [paddle] / ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Drummer Boy (GY.964) / ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Victorian II (GY.1189) / ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Glenbervie (GW.14) / operations, British naval - mines: clearance / operations, British naval - routine / operations, British naval - departure / weapons, German naval - passive: mine / weapons, British naval - smallarm: Lewis machine gun / communications, British naval - direct: megaphone / animals, mammals: dog (mascot) / 12/3(261.2).7
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Samling:
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Udbyder: Imperial War Museums
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Rettigheder: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Produktionsselskab: Engholm, F W
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Farve: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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