HOME GUARD [Main Title]

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  • Title: HOME GUARD [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6594-1
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY OLIVER KIMBER [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Oliver Kimber, a Fleet Street printer, records detailed scenes, with captions, showing the instruction, exercises and weapons of the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Home Guard, commanded by Major E W Killick and based in Hounslow, Middlesex.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY OLIVER KIMBER [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: MGH 6594-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 6594-1)
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  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Kimber, Oliver (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 9.5mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1400ft ca; Running time: 35 mins
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