SAILORS AT WAR [Main Title]

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  • Title: SAILORS AT WAR [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4598
  • Other titles: THE CALL OF THE SEA [Series Title]
  • Summary: Documentary focusing on the role of the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. Includes interviews with those who served, including David Holmes who survived the sinking of HMS Barham in 1941 in which 861 sailors died.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: THE CALL OF THE SEA [Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 4598
  • Sound: English
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  • Production Date: 1996
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Testimony Films (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: English Soundtrack language: English Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP; VHS Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 39 mins
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