AFLOAT [Main Title]

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  • Title: AFLOAT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6662
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY PADRE "TUBBY" CLAYTON [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film with titles shot by Padre "Tubby" Clayton while serving in the Mediterranean on HMS Beagle records typical destroyer operations in some detail and provides an unusually intimate portrait of life on board. Includes the aftermath of the explosion on the Italian liner Ausonia on 18 October 1935 at Alexandria (Egypt).
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY PADRE "TUBBY" CLAYTON [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 6662
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
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  • Production Date: 1935
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Clayton, Tubby (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 400 ft; Running time: 14 mins
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