Title:LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN - A COLLECTION OF FILM GLIMPSES OF HIS CAREER [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 1396
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Summary: Some highlights of Lord Mountbatten's career up to his appointment as South East Asia Commander "as a memento of his friendship for the motion picture industry."
Description: The film mentions: the ships he served on up to the outbreak of the second World War (Queen Elizabeth, Renown, Repulse, Revenge, Warspite are shown); his interest in films for the Navy (he is seen at a British Movietone dinner, and there are filmed extracts from a ship's concert); his command of the ill-fated HMS Kelly; his receipt of the DSO; his spell as Chief of Combined Operations; the Casablanca conference and the Quebec conference. Two speeches are included - at Sandhurst (as Combined Ops Chief) and in Washington (as newly appointed South East Asia Commander).
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:MGH 1396
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
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Production Date:1943-08
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
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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: 979 ft; Running time: 11 mins