HMS Sheffield - Gibraltar Approaches
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Shows life aboard a Guided Missile Destroyer, particularly the inter-relation between the ratings and officers on board and the WRNS involved in her support ashore in Gibraltar and the Mediterranean. Includes footage of an exercise in which a 'hostile' aircraft is brought down by a Sea Dart Guided Missile.
Credits
Clive Mitchell (director); Ted Beaumont (producer); Billy Jordan (camera); Peter Downey (sound); John Daniels (editor); Peter Sanderson (music); Harold Geller (music); Clive Mitchell (script)
Complete catalog record
Original source: Reproduction of: United Kingdom, 1976. 16mm Comb col pos. | The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-507181. | Contributors: Beaumont, Ted; Jordan, Billy; Downey, Peter; Daniels, John; Sanderson, Peter; Geller, Harold; Mitchell, Clive. | Production Company: BB & H Films.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:20:43) : sound, colour | polychrome
Subjects: Navies -- Officers -- Social life and customs | Guided missile ships | Mediterranean Sea -- History, Naval -- 20th century | Mediterranean Sea | Weapons | Navy | Wars | Anti-aircraft weapons | Training | Health and medicine | Hospitals | Communication | Leisure | Gibraltar | Documentary | Post-1975 | Great Britain Royal Navy -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain Royal Navy | 1900-1999 | Webcast
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:20:43) : sound, colour | polychrome
Subjects: Navies -- Officers -- Social life and customs | Guided missile ships | Mediterranean Sea -- History, Naval -- 20th century | Mediterranean Sea | Weapons | Navy | Wars | Anti-aircraft weapons | Training | Health and medicine | Hospitals | Communication | Leisure | Gibraltar | Documentary | Post-1975 | Great Britain Royal Navy -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain Royal Navy | 1900-1999 | Webcast
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Sources
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Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:10