GENERAL SIKORSKY INSPECTING POLISH PATRIOTS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GENERAL SIKORSKY INSPECTING POLISH PATRIOTS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 487/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Prime Minister in Exile of Poland inspects Polish patriots who have escaped and joined the Polish army, in the gardens of Government House in Gibraltar.
  • Description: General Sikorski talking to individual Polish volunteers. Sikorski talking to the group of volunteers about freeing Poland and restoring democracy to Europe. General Klimecki and Lieutenant Ponchiewaky are also present.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: AYY 487/1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-07-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Hutchinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Sikorski, Władysław (person) Klimecki, Tadeusz Apolinary (person)
  • Keywords: Gibraltar (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 69 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 487/1

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