MOBILE CANTEEN PRESENTATION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MOBILE CANTEEN PRESENTATION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 231
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Railway yard with Home Guard parade. Locomotive no 5554 'Ontario'. Presentation ceremony of mobile canteen marked "Presented by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Canada". Tea distributed to officials.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 231
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 231)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Midland and Scottish Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Home Guard (regiment/service) London Midland and Scottish Railway (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - event-related: Home Guard parade (object name) ceremonies, British - event-related: presentation of mobile canteen (object name) transport, British civilian - truck special: mobile canteen (object name) transport, British civilian - rail: locomotive 5554 (Ontario) (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 136 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 231

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