POSTCARDS HOME [Main Title]

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  • Title: POSTCARDS HOME [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 5100
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  • Summary: Documentary based entirely on the messages written on postcards sent home via the censor by British and French soldiers on the Western Front contrasts their cheerful optimism with the awful reality of war imaginable beneath some of the images.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 5100
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1975
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Peace News (Production sponsor) Vaughan, Dai (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 350 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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