KING GEORGE VI CORONATION CELEBRATIONS IN PENANG, MALAYA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: KING GEORGE VI CORONATION CELEBRATIONS IN PENANG, MALAYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3305
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN PADDY O'NEILL [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Captain Paddy O'Neill of the Indian Medical Service, while attached to the Federated Malay States from November 1934 to January 1938, records arrival of the Butterworth Ferry at Penang and street decorations and procession of floats, including Chinese Volunteer Force and Britannia represented by young Chinese girl, marking celebration of the coronation of King George VI on 12 May 1937.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN PADDY O'NEILL [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 3305
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1937-05
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 370 ft; Running time: 15 mins ca
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 3305

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    PHO 305 ()
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