HABBANIYA, IRAQ [Main Title]

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  • Title: HABBANIYA, IRAQ [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 5220
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CORPORAL JACK COLEMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by RAF Corporal Jack Coleman, who operated the Siemens automatic telephone exchange equipment at Air Headquarters Iraq from August 1941 to 1945, records social scenes at RAF Habbaniya and the operation of the signals section, a visit on leave to Teheran (Persia, Iran), a mountain climb outside Teheran, accompanying transports ferrying Allied (American) supplies to Russia (USSR) through Persia, and a visit to Basra and Abadan.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CORPORAL JACK COLEMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 5220
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Coleman, Jack (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm; VHS Number of items/reels/tapes: 3 Footage: 950 ft; Running time: 79 mins
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