BRITAIN PREPARED : a review of the activities of His Majesty's naval and military forces [Main]


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  • Other title(s): HOW ENGLAND PREPARED (US release title) [alternative]
  • Year: 1915
  • Runtime: 221 mins
  • Description: (Reel 1) Training the New Army - "cheery non-slackers" undergo PT, drill and bayonet practice, mounting and sabre drill for cavalry. (Reel 2) Manufacture of a 15-inch naval gun and firing trials. (Reel 3) King George V visits Vickers ordnance plant at Aldershot, August 1915. Troops stage mock battles in a system of demonstration trenches. (Reel 4) Cavalry training and care of their mounts. 18-pounder field artillery on the road. Evolutions by mounted machine gun section and cavalry. Royal Flying Corps - aircraft take off, mock aerial combat and bombing. Photo-reconnaissance aircraft returns to base. (Reel 5) Field telegraph and heliograph demonstrated. Wire laying and preparation of signals station. Staff officers plan an "attack". Exercise by motorcycle machine gun battalion. (Reel 6) Operation of field bakery and kitchen. The King reviews 36th (Ulster) Division. Cavalry unit entrained. (Reel 7) Shipbuilding - construction and launch of HMS Revenge, Vickers, May 1915. Manufacture of 15-inch shells and gunnery trials. Minesweeping - Flower Class sloops and paddle minesweepers at work. (Reel 8) Manufacture of munitions and royal visit to Vickers (cf Reel 3). (Reel 9) The Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow and in the North Sea. (Reel 10) Scenes onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. (Reel 11) Launching of an E-Class submarine, a staged sequence of a submarine attack, and taking on torpedoes at base. Destroyers in the North Sea, including the firing of a torpedo for training purposes. (Reel 12) Further scenes onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, this time showing firing and other "action" material, with an "All's well" dusk return. HMS Engadine launching and recovering a seaplane (from IWM 130/03+04).
    Royal Navy, Army training camps, and Vickers' munitions and shipbuilding works in Britain, autumn 1915.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / George V, King / Dawson, Trevor / Hunter, Archibald / Nugent, Oliver Stewart Wood / Rorison, H G / Hope, George Price Webley / British Army, Div 36 / British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Field Artillery / British Army, cavalry / British Army, yeomanry / Royal Navy, Royal Naval Air Service / Royal Navy, Revenge / Royal Navy, DREADNOUGHT (HMS), submarine / Royal Navy, Iron Duke / Royal Navy, Zealandia / Royal Navy, COMMONWEALTH (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, AGINCOURT (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, EMPEROR OF INDIA (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, CANADA (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth / Royal Navy, B5 (HMS), submarine / Royal Navy, DOMINION (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, Porpoise / Royal Navy, Victor / Royal Navy, Owl / Royal Navy, Midge / Royal Navy, Moon / Royal Navy, CAMELEON (HMS), destroyer / Royal Navy, Nereide / Royal Navy, Martin / Royal Navy, BRISK (HMS), destroyer / Royal Navy, ENGADINE (HMS), aircraft transport / Vickers / ships, British naval - battleship: Revenge / ceremonies, British - event-related: ship launching (HMS Revenge) / ships, British naval - battleship: Dreadnought & [+] / ships, British naval - battleship: Zealandia & [+] / ships, British naval - battleship: Commonwealth & [+] / ships, British naval - battleship: Agincourt & [+] / ships, British naval - battleship: Emperor of India & [+] / ships, British naval - battleship: Iron Duke / ships, British naval - battleship: Canada / ships, British naval - battleship: Queen Elizabeth & [+] / ships, British naval - battleship: Dominion / ships, British naval - battleship: Bellerophon Class / ships, British naval - battleship: Indefatigable Class / ships, British naval - cruiser: Devonshire / ships, British naval - cruiser: Warrior Class / ships, British naval - cruiser: Boadicea Class / ships, British naval - cruiser: Arethusa Class / ships, British naval - cruiser: Active Class / ships, British naval - destroyer: Porpoise (27) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Victor (36) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Owl (31) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Midge (40) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Cameleon (21) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Nereide (74) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Martin (65) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Brisk (70) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Moon (H.C8) / ships, British naval - submarine: B5 / ships, British naval - submarine: E Class / ceremonies, British - event-related: ship launching (submarine, E Class) / ships, British naval - escort: Flower Class sloop / ships, British naval - minesweeper: Ascot Class & [paddle] / ships, British auxiliary - aircraft carrier, seaplane: Engadine / ships, British auxiliary - cruiser / ships, British auxiliary - harbour: fleet repair ship / ships, British civilian - fishing / ships, British civilian - harbour / aircraft, British - combat: Royal Aircraft Establishment BE2c / aircraft, British - combat: Vickers FB5 / aircraft, British - combat: Armstrong Whitworth FK3 / aircraft, British - combat: Martinsyde S1 / aircraft, French - early: Farman Shorthorn S11 & [British] / aircraft, French - early: Farman Longhorn S4 & [British] / aircraft, British - combat: Bristol Scout C / aircraft, British - combat: De Havilland DH2 / aircraft, British - combat: Avro 504C / aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Wight 840 / aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Short 184 / weapons, British naval - gun: 15-inch & [R and D] / weapons, British naval - gun [AA]: 3-pounder Hotchkiss / weapons, British naval - torpedo / weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun / weapons, British - smallarm: Vickers machine gun & [R and D] / weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun / weapons, British - powderless: trench catapult / weapons, British - powderless: sabre / weapons, British - powderless: lance / weapons, British - CBW: smoke grenades / recruitment, British military / training, British military / training, British military - weapons / training, British military - combat / training, British air - combat / training, British air - specialist: photo-reconnaissance / training, British naval - combat: torpedo firing / training, British naval - combat: practice shoot / industry, British - ships / industry, British - guns / industry, British - munitions / industry, British - primary / delegations, British national - state / defences, British - emplacement: trenches (training) / defences, British - passive: camouflage / animals, mammals: horse / animals, mammals: dog (mascot) / animals, mammals: cat (mascot) / communications, British military - wire: field telegraph / communications, British military - direct: heliograph / communications, British civilian - postal / communications, British naval - direct: semaphore / communications, British naval - direct: signal searchlight / communications, British naval - direct: flag hoist / transport, British military - 2/3 wheel: motorcycle combination / transport, British military - utility / transport, British military - rail / equipment, British - fire control: rangefinder / equipment, British - environmental: field kitchen / operations, British naval - mines: clearance / operations, British naval - sortie / operations, British naval - return / operations, British naval - preparation: coaling / operations, British naval - preparation: oiling / operations, British naval - preparation: ammunitioning / operations, British naval - routine / operations, British naval air - return / religion, Christianity - military, British / combat [simulated], British naval - submarine / 31/3(41) / 12/3(261.2) / GB, England & Aldershot, Hants / Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK / GB, Scotland & Scapa Flow, Orkney / sex / storm / half-light
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Kineto
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound