IWM The Empire's Shield : The Royal Navy

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IWM The Empire's Shield : The Royal Navy in 11 Parts (Over two hours of footage)

Object description

Film tribute to the Royal Navy and merchant marine during 1914-1918.

Full description

(Reel 1) The training of a naval cadet - Pangbourne, HMS Worcester, HMS Medway. (Reel 2) Scenes from the building of a merchant vessel. Shots of a Standard Tanker being launched on the Clyde, female dockyard labour, dazzle painted merchant ships, etc. (Reel 3) Various types of cargo unloaded at the East India Docks. Grimsby trawlers unloading and preparing for the next voyage. Medium shot groups of merchant officers and crews. (Reel 4) Episode portraying the bombardment of Zeebrugge, 11 May, 1917 - a compilation using stock shots and some actuality material. (Reel 5) Preparation and execution of a sweep by drifters. Close-ups of HM.TMS Atalanta II. (Reel 6) Dramatic reconstruction of the clearance of a recently laid minefield - swept mines are destroyed by rifle and MG fire. Close-ups of the crew of Atalanta II. (Reel 7) The Royal Naval Air Service. Probationary flight officers under training at Cranwell. Squadron 'scrambles' at Manston. Aerial views of south coast. Balloons on anti-submarine patrol. (Reel 8) Construction and wheeling out of a Short 184. Seaplane bombed up.HMS Furious. Felixstowe flying boats. King George V visits the fleet - he meets the crews of various ships. (Reel 9) HMS Vindictive and material relating to the Zeebrugge raid. (Reel 10) Scenes onboard HMS Canada. (Reel 11) First Battle Squadron sorties for live firing practice.
Physical description

35mm

Over 2 hours of footage.

Sandford, F H
Lynes, H
Clark, F H
Keyes, Roger John Brownlow
Royal Navy, Vindictive
Royal Navy, MOORSOM (HMS)
Royal Navy, Warwick
Royal Navy, Renown
Royal Navy, Ready
Royal Navy, Princess Royal
Royal Navy, CANADA (HMS), battleship
Royal Navy, FURIOUS (HMS), light cruiser
Royal Navy, Lion
Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth
Royal Navy, Hercules
Royal Navy, Revenge
Royal Navy, BROKE (HMS), destroyer (1914)
United States Navy, USS BIRMINGHAM, cruiser (1907)
Royal Navy, Plassy
Wemyss, Rosslyn Erskine
Royal Navy, Pembroke
Royal Navy, ARETHUSA (HMS), training ship
Royal Navy, EREBUS (HMS), monitor
Royal Navy, Sandown
Montenaro, William H F
Wilson-Barker, D
Hancock, F C
Ronarc'h, Pierre Alexis
Lyne, Thomas J S
Royal Navy, Worcester
Royal Navy, Medway
Royal Navy, Swift
Royal Navy, Marshal Soult
Royal Navy, Linnet
Royal Navy, North Star
Royal Navy, Lochinvar
Royal Navy, Lance
Royal Navy, Legion
Royal Navy, ML278
Royal Navy, CYCLAMEN (HMS), corvette
Royal Navy, Melton
Royal Navy, Kylemore
Royal Navy, EAGLE III (HMS), minesweeper
Royal Navy, Albyn
Royal Navy, Ravenswood
Royal Navy, ATALANTA II
Royal Navy, ML18
Royal Navy, Sappho
Royal Navy, CASTOR (HMS), light cruiser
Royal Navy, EMPEROR OF INDIA (HMS), battleship
Royal Navy, BENBOW (HMS)
Royal Navy, Vampire
Royal Navy, Rob Roy
Royal Navy, Rocket
Royal Navy, Victorian II
Royal Navy, DRUMMER BOY (HMS), minesweeper
Bacon, Reginald H S
Beatty, David Richard
Hamilton-Benn, Ion
Evans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell
Bourke, Roland Richard Louis
Tyrwhitt, Reginald Yorke
Jellicoe, John Rushworth
Pakenham, William Christopher
Sturdee, Frederick Charles Doveton
Madden, Charles E
George V, King

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