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1942 AT SEA: World War 2: Australian Man-o'-War patrols Southern Pacific under nose of Japanese Navy
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1:17Now PlayingDate: 16th February 1942
Location: SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
AT SEA: Southern Pacific:
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GV Corvette leaving coast - trees in background. SV crew in white shorts and sailor caps dressing deck. LTV of bridge and skipper looking thru' glasses out to sea. CU side view skipper looking through glasses. Angle shot crows nest - look-out. CU lookout on crows nest - sailor raises alarm. GV Dutch submarine returning from patrol. SV Dutch submarine returning from patrol. CU bow of corvette in sea thru' waves. CU sailor with aircraft lookout made of coloured glasses - takes away glare of sun. CU coloured glass over camera lens looking at dim sun. STV signaller beside machine-gunner. Shot of Catalina flying boat flying over Corvette. Shot of sea. CU sailor in lockout raises alarm. GV convoy in distance. CU skipper of Corvette looking through glasses. LV convoy in line - destroyer in foreground merchant ships in background. GV reconnaissance play flying high over convoy. CU depth-charge and merchant ship in background. VERY GOOD SHOT Pan up wake to GV of sea.
GOOD SCENE:
GOOD SHOT OF WAKE AND CALM SEA IN BACKGROUND.
Navy - Active; Japan; World War II in the Far East; Australia
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