CALLING BLIGHTY NO 183 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 183 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3495
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  • Summary: Messages home from British servicemen serving in South East Asia Command to their loved ones living in Manchester area and the surrounding areas, specially recorded for morale purposes. External scenes.
  • Description: List of personnel (identified by rank, name, service number and unit) who record brief messages home to their loved ones (relationship, name and address) who were later invited to a screening in Great Britain but who do not appear in the film. 1. Leading Aircraftman R Butterworth, 1033705, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Butterworth, Whitefield, Manchester, Lancashire. 2. Leading Aircraftman Stanley Peart, 1130936, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife and children Mrs Amy Peart, North Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. 3. Leading Aircraftman F S Blackley, 1044134 RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs J Blackley, Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire. 4. Leading Aircraftman Gillibrand, 1532475, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs Gillibrand, Harwood, Bolton, Lancashire. 5. Aircraftman 1st class J Tomlinson, 1505801, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs S E Tomlinson, Lostock, Bolton, Lancashire. 6. Leading Aircraftman F Bee, 1121466, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife Mrs G Bee, Cheadle Hulme, Lancashire. 7. Leading Aircraftman J W Pickup, 1036665 RAF Ceylon, ending a message to his wife Mrs A Pickup, Great Harwood, near Blackburn, Lancashire. 8. Corporal A W Cartwright, 1186047, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his fiancée Miss G M Clayton, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire. 9. Leading Aircraftman J C Barber, 1534602, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife Mrs M Barber, Bamfurlong, Wigan, Lancashire. 10. Corporal F Lucas, 591961, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs J Lucas, Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire. 11. Leading Aircraftman W E Ashworth, 768390, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs E M Ashworth, Rochdale, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss Helen Humphreys, Rochdale, Lancashire. 12. Leading Aircraftman W Holdsworth, 1067461, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife Mrs M H Holdsworth, Queensgate, Burley, Lancashire. 13. Leading Aircraftman H Payton, 858193, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife and child Mrs J Payton, North Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. 14. Leading Aircraftman J Nickson, 1082104, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his father Mr C Nickson, Preston, Lancashire. 15. Leading Aircraftman L Yarker, 1087743, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs B Yarker, Rochdale, Lancashire. 16. Sergeant W Scott RAF, 1203369, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs M J Scott, Blackburn, Lancashire. 17. Leading Aircraftman A P Denner, 1682840 RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Denner, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. 18. Leading Aircraftman Boocook, 981870 RAF Ceylon, sending a message home to his mother Mrs E Boocock, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire. 19. Corporal A Hunter, 1004763, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Hunter, Longton, Preston, Lancashire. 20. Corporal Halliwell, 946573, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Halliwell, Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire. 21. Leading Aircraftman H Hughes, 1112204, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs H Hughes, Manchester, Lancashire. 22. Driver C Madden, 183116, 1509 Army Platoon, Royal Army Service Corps (Heavy), South East Asia Command sending a message to his wife Mrs C Madden, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 3495
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3495)
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  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: Bombay, India
  • Production Details: Directorate of Welfare and Amenities () Services Film Centre, India ()
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  • HD Media:Yes
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