Summary: A fictional 'day in the life' of a Royal Corps of Signals Despatch rider.
Description:After introducing himself to the camera, he is seen receiving orders at 6.00 am in London to get an urgent message to a Brigadier before he embarks on a destroyer near Glasgow at 6.00 the same evening: he is given authority to break speed limits if he has to, but is asked not to if possible. Film follows him through various incidents - challenged by a sentry on a bridge with anti-tank obstacles near London - detour round a street closed because of unexploded bomb (asks a postwoman the way) - requisitions petrol from an army lorry - lunch in a village south of Carlisle - asks a boy the way in Gretna - has a puncture - asks policeman the way in Glasgow - gets to the waiting Naval cutter just before the Brigadier ("I needn't have hurried after all").
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:UKY 374
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1941-11-1941-11
Production Country:GB
Production Details:War Office (Production sponsor)
Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Army Film Unit (Production Company)
Stewart, Hugh (Production individual)
Carrick, Edward (Production individual)
Addinsell, Richard (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details:Footage: 704 ft; Running time: 8 mins
