WEDDING OF ELIZABETH LEWES TO ALASTAIR MCARTHUR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WEDDING OF ELIZABETH LEWES TO ALASTAIR MCARTHUR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4820
  • Other titles: JOCK LEWES AMATEUR FILM [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film without titles records the wedding celebrations in Scotland in August 1939 of the sister of Jock Lewes (as Lieutenant John Steel Lewes future co-founder of Special Air Service with David Stirling) focuses on various guests including the tall and distinctive presence of Jock Lewes, holding a glass and also a triple turret 16mm camera. Several other guests hold amateur cine-cameras.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: JOCK LEWES AMATEUR FILM [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 4820
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1939-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Lewes, John Steel 'Jock'1913-12-211941-12-31 (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft (ca); Running time: 8 mins (at 16 fps) (ca)
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