Informal overview of iron propellor manufacture at the Blair Foundry of Andrew Strang & Co., Hurlford in Ayrshire, c.1947.
(Reel 1) Men board troopships, including SS Leviathan, in New York harbour. On the crossing there are sports, a dance, and jive by black troops. A submarine attack is repelled by destroyers. The men d...
(Reel 9) A bombardment in progress. Mk I tanks move up. Fatigue parties (described as "doctors") move forwards. Prisoners are brought in and the captured area mopped up. The German Crown Prince's head...
(Reel 1) Searchlight battery at night - beams weave about and spotlight moored destroyers. Admirals Beatty and Rodman onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Scenes onboard HMS Canada - divine service (Glorious ...
A New Army battalion of Royal Welch Fusiliers, 38th (Welsh) Division (attached to the Guards Division for training) arrives by bus and gets out in the Guards area. Grenadier Guards in the rubble of Ep...
(Reel 1) The arsenal entrance in Beresford Square, with the internal train taking the workers to various departments. Women and boys in the Tailors' Shop make gloves, felt "buttons" for 15-inch shells...
I. Long shot across anchorage at Scapa at sunset - afterpart of a battleship, showing X and Y turrets, at frame right, and starboard profile of Arethusa Class (?) cruiser.II. Medium shot of Admiralty ...
I. 9.2-inch coastal gun is reloaded.II. Medium shot of HMS Walker (G.08) steaming at speed in a slight sea. Medium close-up of a sailor of HMS Woolston, playing with a kitten.III. Long shot views of s...