[PRACTICE SHOOT BY HMS ORION] [Allocated]
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Other title(s): [PRACTICE SHOOT BY HMS ORION] [Allocated]
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Year: 1918
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Runtime: 6 mins
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Description: I. Three Orion Class battleships, and a Queen Elizabeth, which flies a kite balloon, are escorted by a Marksman Class Leader, Special I, and Admiralty M Class destroyers. II. Long shot of HMS King George V, Centurion, Erin and Agincourt in line astern - they turn to port into line abreast for a practice shoot (cf IWM 1174). III. Long shot off port bow as three Orion Class battleships steam in line astern for a shoot - HMS Orion in the van. The line turns to port, steaming directly into camera, which focuses on the two leading ships - they open fire over the port beam. Medium long shot of second ship, bows-on to camera, as she fires to port - a line of spume appears across her bows, and the camera pans left to show HMS Orion holding station on her sister's starboard bow - the spray was torn up by the blast from Orion's guns. Orion fires a second time.
Ships of 2nd Battle Squadron at a practice shoot, circa 1918.
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Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Royal Navy, Orion / Royal Navy, King George V / Royal Navy, CENTURION (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, ERIN (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, AGINCOURT (HMS), battleship / ships, British naval - battleship: Orion / ships, British naval - battleship: King George V & [-] / ships, British naval - battleship: Centurion & [-] / ships, British naval - battleship: Agincourt & [-] / ships, British naval - battleship: Erin & [-] / ships, British naval - battleship: Queen Elizabeth Class / ships, British naval - destroyer: Marksman Class Leader / ships, British naval - destroyer: Special I Class / ships, British naval - destroyer: Admiralty M Class / training, British naval - combat: practice shoot & [+]
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Collection:
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
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Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Production company: Engholm, F W
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Colour: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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