GERALDO AND HIS ORCHESTRA, MIDDLE EAST TOUR, OCTOBER 1943 [Main Title]

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  • Title: GERALDO AND HIS ORCHESTRA, MIDDLE EAST TOUR, OCTOBER 1943 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4615
  • Other titles: JOHN COLLIER AMATEUR FILM [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film with titles shot by "Jack" Collier, double bass in Geraldo's Orchestra, records scenes in Cairo and Jerusalem, members of the dance band and female singers relaxing and Burman impersonating Mussolini speaking from a balcony, during ENSA tour of Egypt and Palestine. (No film of Orchestra playing)
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: JOHN COLLIER AMATEUR FILM [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: MGH 4615
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4615)
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1943-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Collier, John "Jack" (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (person)
  • Keywords:
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 9.5mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 350 ft (ca); Running time: 14 mins (at 16 fps) (ca)
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 4615

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    PHO 247 ()
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