SOUTH PACIFIC SURVEY [Main Title]

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  • Title: SOUTH PACIFIC SURVEY [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 1249
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  • Summary: Recruitment film for the Royal Navy, focusing on the Navy's survey ships, responsible for accurately recording precise water depths and mapping the position of wrecks and reefs at locations around the world. Includes scenes onboard survey ships HMS Bulldog, HMS Echo, and HMS Hydra.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 1249
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (COI 1249)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1974
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Central Office of Information (Production sponsor) World Wide Pictures (Production company) Parris, Clifford (Production individual) James, Tony (Production individual) Boultbee, Michael (Production individual) Carless, Trevor (Production individual) Rymer, Bob, editor (Production individual) Williams, Les (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 700 ft (ca); Running time: 19 mins
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