| THE ROBOT BATTLESHIP Radio-controlled battleship HMS Centurion is used for firing practice in the North Sea. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7203 |
| Catalog #: | 503909 | |
| Clip Number: | 503909-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 35 | |
| Timecode: | 01:09:38 - 01:14:15 | |
| Location: | North Sea. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/ATLANTIC OCEAN: North Sea TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military | |
| Description: | "The Robot Battleship - With our Navy in the North Sea." (new title) "The first line of defence - the steel shield of the Empire." North Sea. Various shots of a battleship at sea. "For many years firing practice has usually meant this kind of target." Various shots of a latticework target used for firing practice; it is moored in the sea, some distance from the battleship. Voiceover gives us more details about the target. Brief shot of men climbing aboard a ship from a boat. Today sees the entrance of the wireless-controlled Battleship, H.M.S. Centurion - the Robot of the Seas - as a moving target. (and shown for the first time in a Pathetone film.)" - may be incorrect as title is obscured by timecode. L/Ss of destroyer HMS Chicari (?) alongside HMS Centurion, taking on board the crew, before firing practice. Voiceover tells us Centurion is now a robot ship, controlled by wireless from the destroyer. "Miles away the great ships are shooting at her, as she steams along, without a single person on board, entirely controlled by radio." Various shots of the Centurion being used for target practice as explosives land around her. "So the day ends and once more the North Sea resumes a calmer look." Several shots of warships moving over the water. | |
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