NANKING NATIONAL CONVENTION 1931 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: NANKING NATIONAL CONVENTION 1931 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6553-2
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD BAILLIE-GROHMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Captain Harold Baillie-Grohman, while Head of the British Naval Mission to China (1931-1933) and a Commodore in the Chinese Navy, records delegates emerging from a building during the course of the People's National Convention, held in Nanking to adopt a constitution (which guaranteed personal freedom).
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD BAILLIE-GROHMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 6553-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 6553-2)
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1931-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Baillie-Grohman, Harold Thomas1888-01-161978-09-23Flag Officer in charge of Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel 1945-1946 (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 9.5mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 75 ft (ca); Running time: 3 mins (ca)
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 6553-2

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    2013-08-12 (H T Baillie-Grohman Collection Photographs)
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