CALLING BLIGHTY NO 59 (WARRINGTON) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 59 (WARRINGTON) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4161
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  • Summary: British servicemen in India, relaxing in a studio set bar with a piano accompanist, speak directly to camera to send brief messages of reassurance and endearment home to their relatives and friends in Warrington, Lancashire. All then sing the Vera Lynn song "We'll meet again".
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  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4161)
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  • Production Date: 1945-12
  • Production Country: India
  • Production Details: Directorate of Welfare and Amenities (Production sponsor) Service Film Centre India (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1114 ft; Running time: 12 mins
  • Notes: Original rusty can marked General Staff, India Army Film Centre, CB 59. Only internal clue to production date is remark "You should get these things by Christmas", implying late 1945. For history of CALLING BLIGHTY series see article by Paul Sargent in IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM REVIEW No. 7, pp 23-33.
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    MGH 4161

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