SCENES IN CHINA AND RENAMING HMS AURORA FUNG PO [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES IN CHINA AND RENAMING HMS AURORA FUNG PO [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6430
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN TOD [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Captain Tod while serving as British Naval Attaché in Shanghai records tourist scenes and, back in Portsmouth (Colour), preliminary training on board by officers and sailors of the Chinese Navy before and after the transfer to the Chinese Navy of the cruiser «HMS Aurora», renamed «Fung Po».
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN TOD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W (part Colour)
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 6430
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1946
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Tod, Norman Kelso (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W (part Colour) Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm; S-VHS Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 13 mins
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