WEMBLEY CIVIL DEFENCE REVIEW [Main Title]

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  • Title: WEMBLEY CIVIL DEFENCE REVIEW [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6554
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  • Summary: Documentary film with titles records inside Wembley Stadium (Middlesex) opening parade by the 12th Middlesex Regiment of the Home Guard, and a series of demonstrations involving the rescue services, incendiary bomb control, an air raid "incident" interrupting a cricket match, a gas "incident", display by Wembley Fire Service and a display by one thousand Air Raid Wardens who are praised by the Inspector General of Air Raid Precautions (ARP), Wing Commander E J Hodsoll, and the Mayor of Wembley, Alderman A E Mason.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 6554
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1941-08-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Wembley Borough Council (Production sponsor) Chapman, Jervis (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 420 ft; Running time: 11 mins
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