CIVIL DEFENCE SHORT 5 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CIVIL DEFENCE SHORT 5 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: COI 797
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Recruiting appeal for the Civil Defence Corps.
  • Description: Opening split screen effect showing various Civil Defence activities. Montage of training - vehicles moved about plotting board, lectures, first aid, laying telephone cable from communications Land Rover, warden operating portable W/T, HQ telephonist, welfare centre, etc. Cut to poster advertising Civil Defence. End caption: "The Ministry of Home Affairs. STORMONT."
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 797
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (COI 797)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1964
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Civil Defence Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: recruitment, British: Civil Defence Corps (object name) training, British civilian - specialist: Civil Defence (object name) GB, Northern Ireland (?) (geography)
  • 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: 110 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    COI 797

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