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  • Autre(s) titre(s): a NAVAL OCCASION : Atlantic Fleet sweeps down Channel for the Spithead Review [alternative]
  • Année: 1924
  • Durée: 2 mins
  • Description: Opening medium shot off the starboard bow of HMS Caledon (?), with superimposed binocular frame - Caledon turns to port. "Giant Battleships looming like castles" - Royal Sovereign and Queen Elizabeth Class battleships of First and Second Battle Squadrons steam in line ahead - the leading Queen Elizabeth fires a salute. Extreme long shot of escorting destroyers. Medium shot off the port beam as submarine M.3 surfaces "like some great sea monster", and simulates the firing of its 11-inch gun. Medium shot of HMS Queen Elizabeth in the van - the camera vessel crossing from a position on her starboard bow to one off the port beam.
    Newsreel coverage of the fleet assembling for the 1924 Spithead Review.
  • Mots-clés: EFG1914 / World War I / Royal Navy, CALEDON (HMS), light cruiser / Royal Navy, Battle Sqdn 1 / Royal Navy, Battle Sqdn 2 / Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth / Royal Navy, M3 / ships, British naval - cruiser: Caledon / ships, British naval - battleship: Queen Elizabeth / ships, British naval - battleship: Royal Sovereign Class / ships, British naval - battleship: Queen Elizabeth Class / ships, British naval - submarine: M3 / ceremonies, British - event-related: Spithead review (1924) / training, British naval - weapons: gunnery, submarine monitor / weapons, British naval - gun: 11-inch naval gun (submarine monitor) / Spithead Review & 1924 / English Channel
  • Fournisseur: Imperial War Museums
  • Droits: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Société de production: Topical Film Company
  • Couleur: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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