Close bombardment of Sabang by Dutch cruiser Tromp and RN and RAN destroyers. Cameraship was HMS Quality (?)

LS of battle fleet on the horizon - Illustrious Class carrier and two Queen Elizabeths followed by Richelieu. Four strike aircraft fly past in the distance. LS off the port quarter of Q Class destroyer. MLS off port quarter of Tromp. Destroyers steam in line ahead, firing to port - pan down to focsle of cameraship as she opens fire. Smoke and explosions cover the shore. HA.MS as 'A' and 'B' train over the starboard bow and open fire. The ships run in quarter line, and then turn into line ahead, firing to both sides of the bay. The battleships of the covering force keep up a distant bombardment. MS to destroyer holding station off the cameraship's starboard bow - Tromp and other destroyers in quarter line in the background - all are firing. Pan along the coast to show effects of the bombardment, and onto the destroyer line - Tromp is now holding station off the starboard bow, the cruiser partially obscured by smoke from the cameraship's forward guns. LS to some heavily forested islands as destroyer steams past - the island is under bombardment and tracer from the cameraship adds to the effect. LS off destroyer in line astern of cameraship - she is firing to port. Pan over the harbour, heavily shrouded in smoke, shell splashes tearing up the water - funnel smoke swirls into frame. MLS aft down starboard side of the cameraship to the destroyer astern - both are keeping up a rapid fire to starboard, and dense clouds of gunsmoke are blown away towards the target - a signal hoist comes down halyard in the foreground. Final LS to the destroyer astern shows the force withdrawing at speed under cover of smoke.

Notes

Event: Operation Crimson was a carrier raid and bombardment of Sabang. The film shows the second phase of the operation. After a bombardment by heavy units, the Dutch cruiser Tromp with destroyers Quilliam (Captain Onslow), Quality and Quickmatch entered the harbour for a close range bombardment with gunfire and torpedoes.

Remarks: film quality is rather poor, but this action coverage is nevertheless very impressive