SCENES ON HMS WARWICK IN THE HOME FLEET, 1939-1940 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES ON HMS WARWICK IN THE HOME FLEET, 1939-1940 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4887-2
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN ALEXANDER SWANN [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Alex Swann while serving on HMS Warwick in the Home Fleet between late 1939 and June 1939 records convoy escort, recreation in Scapa Flow and scenes off Norway after the Battle of Narvik, with Norwegian fishermen selling crew boxes of fish and German bombs falling in fjord..
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN ALEXANDER SWANN [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 4887-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4887-02)
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  • Production Date: 1939
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Swann, Alexander Holland (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm Footage: ca 50 ft; Running time: ca 5 mins (16 fps)
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