PASSES CHECK; FERRY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PASSES CHECK; FERRY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 249
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. Sergeant checking papers of soldiers boarding train (poorly staged - soldiers are very self-conscious). II. Equipment and trailers loaded with gas cylinders being loaded on to car/rail deck of rail ferry (same location and (probably) ferry as previous film, BTF 248).
  • Alternative Title:
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BTF 249
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 249)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Midland and Scottish Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) London Midland and Scottish Railway (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British civilian - ferry: rail ferry (object name) transport, British civilian - rail (object name) supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc: rail ferry (object name) operations, British military - routine: checking papers (object name) GB, Scotland & Oban, Argyll (geography) camera (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 288 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 249

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