PORT OF ACHIEVEMENT [Main Title]

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  • Title: PORT OF ACHIEVEMENT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 116
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  • Summary: A film almost identical to GATEWAY TO VICTORY (BTF 115).
  • Description: (Reel 1: 862 ft; Reel 2: 775 ft; Reel 3: 474 ft). This version has a different commentary. There is an additional sequence at the end of Reel 2 showing the ceremony for the "Millionth Yank" embarked at Southampton for France since D-day.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BTF 116
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 116)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Southern Railway Film Unit (Production company) Sangster, Basil (Production individual) Sangster, Basil (Production individual) Phillips, Frank19011980 (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Moore-Brabazon, John Theodore Cuthbert (person)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, UnitedStates - event-related: millionth Yank embarked at Southampton for D-Day (object name) GB, England & Southampton, Hants <Docks> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 3 Footage: 2111 ft; Running time: 24 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 116

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