OVERLORD EMBROIDERY [Main Title]

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  • Title: OVERLORD EMBROIDERY [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 857
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  • Summary: The stitching of a tapestry to commemorate Operation Overlord.
  • Description: The film shows the processes involved in the creation of the tapestry from the designing to the stitching. Various close-ups focus on famous events or personalities, such as Field Marshal Montgomery.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 857
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (COI 857)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1975
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Keywords: arts, British - decorative arts: Overlord Embroidery (object name) Second World War & Operation Overlord & 6/1944 (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: Music only Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 74 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    COI 857

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