STORING NAVAL MINES IN EGYPT, AND SCUTTLING OF INTERCEPTED GERMAN BLOCKADE RUNNER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: STORING NAVAL MINES IN EGYPT, AND SCUTTLING OF INTERCEPTED GERMAN BLOCKADE RUNNER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4928
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER JAMES ELLIOT RNVR [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Commander James C Elliot RNVR, while serving in the Mediterranean, records mines being conveyed by gantry and mule carriage driven by local Egyptian labour for storage in quarry cave. Then scene in calm Atlantic west of Vigo of German blockade runner Silvaplana smoking on horizon after scuttling (ex-Irene, returning from Eastern Asia, and having previously transferred radar search receiver equipment to U-161 and U-174) , then listing as camera ship, Royal Navy fast minelayer HMS Adventure, nears survivors in lifeboats (10 April 1943).
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER JAMES ELLIOT RNVR [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 4928
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4928)
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  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Elliot, James C (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: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 50 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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