Here you can view a selection of video clips of the Portsmouth Action Field Gun Team. Each video is launched in a new Window in Windows Media player (see link opposite to download Windows Media Player if you don not have it). Because of the size and quality of the videos you will need a Broadband internet connection to view them.
Date |
Video Clip Description |
Location |
Video Clip Size |
Video |
| Circa 1900 | The first
ever recording of Portsmouth sailors practising with a field gun and limber. Which was to eventually develop into the field gun display as we know it today. Original filmmaker - Alfred West Copyright permission - David Clover |
Portsmouth, UK | 2.54 Mb |
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| Extract from Alfred West's diary about the filming of this clip:-
"I had a rather startling experience in taking this film, because I persisted in
having the gun pointed directly at the camera to give the effect of its being
fired at the audience,..." READ MORE
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| 1999 | "The Last Night" The last ever Royal Navy Portsmouth Field Gun Team display at the last ever Royal Military Tattoo in 1999. Copyright permission - BBC TV "South Today" |
London, UK | 3.13 Mb |
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| 2001 | "The Field Gun is Back" BBC TV "South Today" report detailing the return of the Field Gun Run. Copyright permission - BBC TV "South Today" |
Portsmouth, UK | 5.98Mb |
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| 2001 | The Portsmouth Action Field Gun Team in action at Dawlish showing "The Run Home" |
Dawlish, UK | 2.52 Mb |
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| 2001 | The Portsmouth Action Field Gun Team in action at The International Festival of the Sea 2001 |
Portsmouth, UK | 3.43 Mb |  |
| 2001 | The Portsmouth Action Field Gun Team in action at ODE 2001 |
UK | 4.67 Mb |  |
| 2003 | Swartkop Challenge 2003 | Swartkop Summit, South Africa | 3.23 Mb |  |
| 2005 | "Welcome to the Portsmouth Action Field Gun Crew" in action at the International Festival of the Sea 2005 |
Portsmouth, UK | 2.90 Mb |
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| 2005 | "The Run Out" - Portsmouth Action Field Gun in action at the International Festival of the Sea 2005 |
Portsmouth, UK | 5.70 Mb |
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| 2005 | "The Run Back" - Portsmouth Action Field Gun in action at the International Festival of the Sea 2005 |
Portsmouth, UK | 4.14 Mb |
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| 2005 | "The Run Home" - Portsmouth Action Field Gun in action at the International Festival of the Sea 2005 |
Portsmouth, UK | 2.81 Mb |
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