RECORDS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RECORDS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 266/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Troops going onto ships at Carlett Park, Birkenhead, Merseyside for the North Africa landings (Operation Torch).
  • Description: British troops embarking. Troops going aboard the ship. Troops on board, waving. Troops on board drinking tea.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 266/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-10-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Harris, L (Production individual) Gunn, J F (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK (geography) Carlett Park (geography) British Home Front 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 811 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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    AYY 266/3

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