Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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(25 Sep 1973)


GV Rolls Royce main entrance. SV new gas turbine. CU nameplate "Inner Port Engine Rolls Royce Olympus TM 3B 28,000 hp". SV press conference. SV crowd. SV man at desk. SV gas turbine rotor rotating. SV gas turbine. SV control panel. SLV HMS "Exmouth" in calm water (first gas turbine warship). CU name "Exmouth". SV crew members on bridge. SV pan engine room. SV gas turbine in engine room. SV turbine running. SV HMS "Exmouth" at speed. CU control panel. CU single lever to control speed of turbine, hand moves it forward. SV turbine's rotor rotating. SV HMS "Exmouth" making a wash.
STORYLINE:
Opened by Lord Carrington, the Rolls-Royce Industrial and Marine Division new Gas Turbine test facility at Ansty, near Coventry.


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