HMS ESCORT ON GOODWILL VISITS TO LISBON, GUERNSEY AND ALGIERS, 1937-1938 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS ESCORT ON GOODWILL VISITS TO LISBON, GUERNSEY AND ALGIERS, 1937-1938 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4887-7
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN ALEXANDER SWANN [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Alex Swann while serving as gunnery control officer on HMS Escort in the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet records HMS Electra entering River Tagus, German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee moored in Lisbon before sailing, visit to St Peter Port in June 1938 and visit to Algiers in February 1939, where ships of French Navy (submarine Le Terrifiant) fly colours at half-mast after death of Pope.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN ALEXANDER SWANN [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 4887-7
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM © IWM (MGH 4887-07)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1939
  • Production Date: 1937-1938
  • Production Country:GB
  • Production Details:Swann, Alexander Holland (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details:Std 8mm Footage: ca 150 ft; Running time: ca 5 mins (16 fps)
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