TOURIST AND FAMILY SCENES IN BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND HONG KONG [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TOURIST AND FAMILY SCENES IN BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND HONG KONG [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4885
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY COLONEL GRIMSDALE [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film without titles shot by Colonel G E Grimsdale when serving as the senior Army member of the Far Eastern Combined Intelligence Bureau (FECB) records Bombay street scenes, Colombo and wife and two sons on beach at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon, southern shoreline of Singapore, Hong Kong harbour scenes including Kowloon ferries and view down from Victoria Peak across to Kowloon, busy street scenes and pig and chicken in Kowloon City and Chinese in Aberdeen (in Hong Kong).
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY COLONEL GRIMSDALE [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 4885
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4885)
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Grimsdale, Gordon Edward18871965British commander (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords:
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: ca 200 ft; Running time: 15 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 4885

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    Documents.8521a (System.Xml.XmlElement) Documents.8521 (System.Xml.XmlElement) Documents.8521b (System.Xml.XmlElement)
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