{"id":65662,"date":"2021-08-16T02:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65662"},"modified":"2021-08-15T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T13:17:09","slug":"hms-glamorgan-computer-ship-of-the-future-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/08\/16\/hms-glamorgan-computer-ship-of-the-future-1967\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>HMS Glamorgan<\/em> &#8211; Computer Ship Of The Future (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H7sv9ODO-YU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>British Path\u00e9<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 13 Apr 2014<\/p>\n<p>English Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Top shots of the guided missile destroyer <del datetime=\"2021-05-10T21:15:28+00:00\">battleship<\/del> <em>HMS Glamorgan<\/em> at sea.  In the control\/computer room a man pulls out old-fashioned computer records [circuit packs, I believe] from a large control cupboard; officers on the bridge look at dials and through binoculars. Various shots in steering, control and engine rooms as the ship moves along. On the flight deck sailors play hockey while others watch and cheer them on. A navigator on deck looks through a sextant while another officer makes notes. A helicopter is moved from a hanger out onto the deck and prepared for takeoff; firemen in asbestos suits and helmets stand by with a hose; the chopper takes off.  <\/p>\n<p>Three young men play guitars and banjos before a television camera in a tiny studio; we hear that the ship has its own closed circuit TV station; good shots of the filming; tape recording machines going round; picture being adjusted. Men in a mess room watch the performance on the television while they have a pint. Several shots of the sailors getting their rum rations. Various shots in the kitchens show food being prepared and served into the sailors mess tins; good canteen and catering shots (most of the food looks pretty unappetising) [the person writing the description clearly has no idea just how unappetizing British food could be in the 1960s &#8230; this looks well above average for the time]. In the sick bay a sailor gets a shot in the arm from the Medical Officer.  <\/p>\n<p>Several shots of the radar antennae on the ship and the men looking at the radar scanner screens in the control room. Men in protective gloves and hoods load shells in the gun turret; M\/Ss of the main guns on the ship being fired. Several shots show the countdown for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seaslug_(missile)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seaslug missiles<\/a> to be fired; men at control panels look at dials and radar screens; an officer counts down into a microphone (mute). Complicated boards of buttons show the location of the missiles, intercut with shots of the missiles moving into position by electronic instruction. The missiles move into the launchers on deck and are fired; men watch their progress on a radar screen. Another launcher moves into position; L\/S of the ship as the missiles are fired.<\/p>\n<p>Note: on file is correspondence and information about <em>HMS Glamorgan<\/em>. Cuts exist &#8211; see separate record. FILM ID:419.04<\/p>\n<p>A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATH\u00c9. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATH\u00c9 TV. IT&#8217;S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishpathe.tv\/\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.britishpathe.tv\/\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishpathe.com\/\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.britishpathe.com\/\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>British Path\u00e9 also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Path\u00e9 website. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishpathe.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.britishpathe.com\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-09-15-54-HMS-Glamorgan-\u2013-Computer-Ship-Of-The-Future-1967-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-09-15-54-HMS-Glamorgan-\u2013-Computer-Ship-Of-The-Future-1967-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-09-15-54-HMS-Glamorgan-\u2013-Computer-Ship-Of-The-Future-1967-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-09-15-54-HMS-Glamorgan-\u2013-Computer-Ship-Of-The-Future-1967-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-09-15-54-HMS-Glamorgan-\u2013-Computer-Ship-Of-The-Future-1967-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-09-15-54-HMS-Glamorgan-\u2013-Computer-Ship-Of-The-Future-1967-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Path\u00e9 Published 13 Apr 2014 English Channel. Top shots of the guided missile destroyer battleship HMS Glamorgan at sea. In the control\/computer room a man pulls out old-fashioned computer records [circuit packs, I believe] from a large control cupboard; officers on the bridge look at dials and through binoculars. 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