SCENES OF CAMP LIFE AT RAF CLINTON, ONTARIO, CANADA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES OF CAMP LIFE AT RAF CLINTON, ONTARIO, CANADA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4948
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY EDWARD SHRIMPTON [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by RAF Sergeant Edward Shrimpton, posted to work as clerk at No. 31 Radio School (radar research) at RAF Clinton in Ontario, Canada, from July 1941 to March 1943, includes both family film shot in England and colour shots of football match in Clinton, with camp and radar towers visible in background, and black and white shots of freezing conditions faced by RCAF and RAF personnel in the camp in winter.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY EDWARD SHRIMPTON [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour (Ektachrome) (part B&W)
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: MGH 4948
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1941-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Shrimpton, Edward A (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour (Ektachrome) (part 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: 200 ft ca; Running time: mins (16fps)
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 4948

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    PHO 131 ()
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