Motor Launches play a vital part in the war at sea (1942)

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Motor Launches are mass produced by hundreds of small, centrally organized English boatyards, men observe an engine demonstration, admiralty experts check ML performance in a test drive, sailors shoot down an enemy plane with an ack-ack gun, and another ML drops depth charges on an enemy sub

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DEPTH CHARGES released from Fairmile launch


NAVAL FAIRMILE M.L. launches under construction and testing..depth charges..firing at enemy planes.


SHIP BUILDING making FAIRMILE launches and testing..launching


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World War Two, World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, Allies, Axis, Nazis, military vessel, Royal Navy, Air Sea Rescue, U-boat, Unterseeboot, air raid, dive bomb, aeroplane, anti-aircraft warfare, air defence
Background: Motor Launches are mass produced by hundreds of small, centrally organized English boatyards, men observe an engine demonstration, admiralty experts check ML performance in a test drive, sailors shoot down an enemy plane with an ack-ack gun, and another ML drops depth charges on an enemy sub

FILM ID: VLVAF20G8WREHKN8TDNDZVQ476ZV1
To license this film, visit https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVAF20G8WREHKN8TDNDZVQ476ZV1-MOTOR-LAUNCHES-PLAY-A-VITAL-PART-IN-THE-WAR-AT-SEA

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