ROC RECRUITMENT - WATCHFUL EYE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ROC RECRUITMENT - WATCHFUL EYE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: COI 1189
  • Other titles: ROC COMMERCIALS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Royal Observer Corps recruiting commercial.
  • Description: Two ROC members enter an underground monitoring post as the commentator remarks that "nobody wants to think of a nuclear attack but it could happen - and most of us could survive". The film briefly illustrates the activity in a monitoring headquarters as the commentary indicates what kind of commitments and activities it involves for volunteers. Closing freeze-frame gives the address to write to as "Royal Observer Corps, Stanmore, Middlesex".
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (COI 1189)
  • Featured Period: 1945-1975
  • Production Date: 1971
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ronald H Riley Productions (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 32 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: taken from inscription on film's leader Production: production company taken from inscription on film's leader Summary: this appears to be an earlier commercial than such films as ROC RECRUITMENT - STANMORE (COI 1016) judging by the lack of postcode on the address and the date of the film stock.
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    COI 1189

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