Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS : item - premier visits South Eastern Command [Main Title]
Film Number:COI 409
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Summary: A mute print of a newsreel item recording a visit by Churchill to troops at a training centre in South East England.
Description: WSC inspects the men and takes salute at a marchpast; he then watches a mine-detection/clearance demonstration, river-crossing (gun crosses on pontoon-raft; WSC crosses pontoon-bridge); is cheered by soldiers; inspects a No. 4 rifle, climbs part of an obstacle on an assault course; watches a Churchill tank demonstration; addresses soldiers; rides in a covered carrier.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:COI 409
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1941
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person)
Keywords: armour, British - tank: Churchill (object name)
training, British military (object name)
GB, England (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 284 ft; Running time: 3 mins
