ADMIRAL SIR PHILLIP VIAN INSPECTS RFA FORT DUNVEGAN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ADMIRAL SIR PHILLIP VIAN INSPECTS RFA FORT DUNVEGAN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: DEH 59
  • Other titles: SELECTION OF ADMIRALTY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS AND RECORD FILMS AND VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A short film of part of Admiral Sir Phillip Vian (Commander in Cheif of the Home Fleet) as he inspects the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel «RFA Fort Dunvegan» (A.160) on 7 October 1951. The film was presumably used as a part of a newsreel or larger story and shows his arrival, a brief section of him taking the salute on board and his departure.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SELECTION OF ADMIRALTY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS AND RECORD FILMS AND VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DEH 59
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty Experimental Works, Haslar (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 45ft
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    DEH 59

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