HMS DAHLIA IN RED SEA AND SHORE SCENES IN SUDAN, OCTOBER 1931 - FEBRUARY 1932 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS DAHLIA IN RED SEA AND SHORE SCENES IN SUDAN, OCTOBER 1931 - FEBRUARY 1932 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3759
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER GEOFFREY DIXON [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Phillips Dixon while serving as hydrographer on HMS Dahlia shows work of locally recruited Sudanese naval auxiliaries, sports at Port Sudan, gunnery practice by HMS Lupin and searching stopped dhow for rifles and slaves.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER GEOFFREY DIXON [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: MGH 3759
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3759)
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1931-10 1932-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Lupin (HMS), sloop (regiment/service) Royal Navy, DAHLIA (HMS), sloop (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: recreation, British naval - sport: Sudanese auxiliaries (object name) operations, British naval - search: anti-slaving in Red Sea (object name) training, British naval - specialist: gunnery practice (object name) Red Sea (geography) Sudan & Port Sudan (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 9.5mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 3759

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