Steel Fish! (1931)

Filmed at Simonstown in South Africa. Practice torpedo shoot on HMS Calcutta. C/U of navy personnel wearing some kind of gas masks preparing to launch a torpedo. Shot of the torpedo being launched and travelling towards another ship. “Torpedoes are too expensive to be left floating around, so the next move is to recover the steel fish - “ High angle shot of men in dinghy rowing away from the ship. High angle shot of the large boat being rowed by about a dozen sailors away from the ship to collect the torpedo. M/S of the front of the boat with collected torpedo attached. Short item - probably incomplete. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 683. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes m