POINT OF VIEW [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: POINT OF VIEW [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: COI 913
  • Other titles: ARMY TELEVISION COMMERCIALS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Television commercial for the British Army focusing on the young crew of a REME FV434 maintenance carrier on exercise in Germany.
  • Description: Voice-over commentary by one of the soldiers accompanies brief scenes of the FV434 in the German countryside, winching an Alvis Stalwart out of a ditch, getting eggs and eating them, and at work: final shot shows twilight silhouette of the FV434's crane lifting a new engine onto a stranded (Chieftain ?) tank. End title: "The Professionals".
  • Alternative Title: ARMY TELEVISION COMMERCIALS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: COI 913
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (COI 913)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1974-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Central Office of Information (Production sponsor) Moving Picture Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - practical: recruitment, Army (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 60 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    COI 913

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