CALLING BLIGHTY NO 164 (?) (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 164 (?) (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3493
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  • Summary: Messages home from British servicemen stationed in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area and the surrounding areas, specially recorded for morale purposes. External scenes.
  • Description: List of personnel (identified by rank, name, service number and unit) who record brief messages home to their loved ones (relationship, name and address) who were later invited to a screening in Great Britain but who do not appear in the film. 1. Corporal A Wilkinson, 1090812, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Wilkinson, Miles Platting, Manchester, Lancashire. 2. Lance Corporal W Williamson, 7648787, REME, sending a message to his fiancée Miss F Kindon, Patricroft, Manchester, Lancashire. 3. Gunner M Levine, 11400855, 51/69 Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Levine, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire. 4. ACI? R T McKellar, 1524588, RAF, sending a message to his sister Miss B Mckellar, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire. 5. Gunner J Hampson, 1130708, 51/69 Royal Artillery, sending a message to this wife Mrs W Hampson, Queens Bank, Manchester, Lancashire. 6. Corporal J W Ingham, 1141931, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Ingham, Stalybridge, Manchester, Lancashire. 7. Corporal W Ray, 622752, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Ray, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 8. Corporal C Kirby, 1080992, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Kirby, Mossley, Manchester, Lancashire. 9. Driver G M Jones, 936337, 51/69 Royal Artillery, sending a message to his fiancée Miss J Shrewbree, West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 10. Corporal I Moore, 602422, RAF, sending a message to his father Mr. W A Moore, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire. 11. Bombardier H Colecliff, 1769047, 184/59 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Colecliff, Reddish, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire. 12. Corporal A J Penwarden, 963472, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Penwarden, Heaton Norris, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire. 13.Gunner T Conner, 1767191, 51/69 Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Conner, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire. 14. Gunner W Jones, 1769244, 184/59 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Jones, Bolton, Lancashire. 15. Gunner T Barlow, 1769244, 184/69 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Barlow, West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 16. Gunner S Robinson, 1769244, 184/59 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Robinson, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire. 17. Gunner P Broome, 1704035, 51/69 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Broome, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire. 18. Corporal R Pinchers, 3660022, King’s Own Royal Regiment (?), sending a message to his wife Mrs Pinchers, Peel Green, Manchester, Lancashire. 19. Corporal C E Harries, 2364956, Royal Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs Harries, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 20. Driver E Ward, 2384766, Royal Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs Ward, Bradford, Manchester, Lancashire. 21. Signalman J H Bosworth, 2556787, Royal Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs Bosworth, Northenden, Manchester, Lancashire.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 3493
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3493)
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  • Production Date: 1944-06
  • Production Country: Bombay, India
  • Production Details: Directorate of Welfare and Amenities () Services Film Centre, India ()
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  • HD Media:Yes
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