PORT OPERATING: MILITARY STEVEDORING [Main Title]

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  • Title: PORT OPERATING: MILITARY STEVEDORING [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRA 732
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  • Summary: Wartime instructional film in four self-contained sections about military stevedoring, emphasising the importance of speed, efficiency and teamwork in unloading ships.
  • Description: Part I: Rigging in Theory. Part II: Rigging in Practice. Part III: Cargo Handling Gear Part IV: Disposition and Work of the Gang.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: DRA 732
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) Army Kinema Corporation (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 4
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DRA 732

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    DRA 732-4 - See DRA 732 for full film (PORT OPERATING: MILITARY STEVEDORING - DISPOSITION AND WORK OF THE GANG [Main Title])
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