CYPRUS COAST BATTERY
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: AYY 208/4).
Synopsis
Cyprus Coastal Defence Battery practising Action Stations.
Telephone orderly receiving message at observation post from Naval Command that an unidentified ship is in the area. Predictor crew climbing observation steps to take up positions. Range finders observing target and reporting to officer on watch. Observation post takes bearings (using what the dopesheet describes as a "Dumeric instrument"). Commands being passed to gun crew through megaphone. Gun drill.
Notes
Remarks: all five parts of AYY 208 are compiled onto a single reel.
Titles
- CYPRUS COAST BATTERY (Allocated)
- Series Title:
- BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1942
- Running Time:
- 2 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 200 ft (ca)
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- cameraman
- Acland, A W (Sergeant)
- Production company
- Army Film and Photographic Unit
