the HOME OF THE COASTAL MOTOR BOAT [Main]
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Rok: 1920
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Minutáž: 28 mins
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Popis: (Reel 1) Introductory titles. High-angle shot of officer's quarters, and 360 degree pan around Osea, taken from the watch tower. Dressing ship. Morning prayers at an open-air service. Medium shot as Commander Walsh issues the orders of the day. Interiors of the carpenter's, machine repair and blacksmith's shops. Close-up of a notice emphasising the "painstaking precision" needed in checking torpedo equipment. Torpedo workshop - medium close-up of rack of torpedoes. Eighteen inch torpedo is moved by overhead gantry, and charged with compressed air. Artificer tests arming propeller on pistol - the torpedo warhead lies separately on a cradle. Gyroscope is bench tested. Artificers prepare circuitry on an instructional board. Low-angle shot as torpedo is hoisted onboard a CMB which rests on a cradle traverser. (Reel 2) Various medium shots of CMB sheds - boat 73.BD is run down the slip into the water and launched from its cradle. Naval landing pier. Moored CMB receives torpedo from a lighter - close-up of torpedo in boat's stern trough. Medium shots of CMBs leaving harbour, and underway at speed in line. HA.MS onboard CMB as torpedo is launched aft into the boat's wake. 40ft CMB comes alongside - Commander Dobsin and crew disembark. Pan across CMB sheds. Medium shot, Rev Mitchell in church. Naval hospital. Street scene. "Wrens at work and play." Ratings relax at cards and board games. Base animals - sow and her litter, pet dogs. Medium shot group of Captain Todd and his officers. Final close-up of fluttering White Ensign.
Study of base for CMBs on Osea Island, Essex, ca 1920.
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Klíčová slova: EFG1914 / World War I / Walsh, J G / Dobsin, C C / Mitchell, W H / Lucas, G G / Riley, E W / Todd, G T / Royal Navy, CMB Depot, Island of Osea / ships, British naval - light forces: Coastal Motor Boat / weapons, British naval - torpedo: 18-inch / equipment, British naval - propulsion: 275HP Green naval engine / equipment, British naval - navigational: gyroscope / recreation, British naval - casual / religion, Christianity - military, British / operations, British naval - routine / operations, British naval - preparation / operations, British naval - sortie / operations, British naval - return / training, British naval - specialist / agriculture, British - arable / agriculture, British - animal / animals, mammals: dog / Osea Island, Essex, England, UK
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Poskytovatel: Imperial War Museums
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Práva: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Barva: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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