GERALDO AND HIS ORCHESTRA, GERMAN TOUR, AUGUST 1946 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GERALDO AND HIS ORCHESTRA, GERMAN TOUR, AUGUST 1946 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4616
  • Other titles: JOHN COLLIER AMATEUR FILM [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film without titles shot by "Jack" Collier, double bass in Geraldo's Orchestra, records scenes of rubble in post-Second World War Germany, notice outside theatre announcing Orchestra's performance on Saturday 10 August (1946), members of the dance band in ENSA uniforms, Jack Collier's son and wife emerging from an air raid shelter in their London garden presumably during the London Blitz and post-war family scenes. (No film of Orchestra playing)
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: JOHN COLLIER AMATEUR FILM [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: MGH 4616
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4616)
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1946
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Collier, John "Jack" (Production individual)
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  • 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 Footage: 350 ft (ca); Running time: 14 mins (at 16 fps) (ca)
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 4616

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    PHO 247 ()
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