SPORTS DAY IN A TRANSIT CAMP NEAR SOUTHAMPTON (PART 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SPORTS DAY IN A TRANSIT CAMP NEAR SOUTHAMPTON (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 21-2
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  • Summary: By way of reducing the tension and boredom building up in the days before 'Overlord', a series of sporting competitions is organised for troops serving with 4th Special Service Brigade in C19 Camp near Swaythling, Hampshire.
  • Description: The master of ceremonies, wearing a sports singlet, announces the order of events over the camp's tannoy public announcement system. Athletes are seen competing in a tug o'war match, a hundred-yard sprint, the beginning of a sack race and the high-jump.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 21-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-05-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Walter, Ernest Henry1919Family origin: Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Bde, Special Service, 4 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: recreation, British military - sport (object name) GB, England & Swaythling area, Hants <C19 Camp> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 98 ft; Running time: 1 min
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