THE BRITISH ARMY AT YOUR SERVICE [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE BRITISH ARMY AT YOUR SERVICE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 300
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  • Summary: A film cartoonist's impression of the British soldier in his most famous campaigns of the last 250 years.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1950
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) Central Office of Information (Production sponsor) Halas and Batchelor (Production company) Chagrin, Francis (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: society, British military - history: Army (object name) Animation (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: [None?] Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 845 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Technical: the original version was a one reel, Technicolor cartoon lasting six minutes, with marching songs of the various periods. The print viewed was a recombined colour separation master, rendered in black and white, and without soundtrack. Because of the technique used the film flickers badly and the action is very slow. The reel contains only the sequences dealing with Marlborough and Wellington.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    COI 300

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