CIVIL DEFENCE OPERATIONAL CONTROL [Main Title]

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  • Title: CIVIL DEFENCE OPERATIONAL CONTROL [Main Title]
  • Film Number: HOY 59
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Part I Organisation: the film explains the need for control and organisation in all areas of life and shows in diagrams the hierarchical arrangement of the civil defence network across Great Britain. Part II Action: in a staged nuclear incident, the various elements of one civil defence area are shown coping with the emergency, from the gathering of intelligence to the eventual start of clearance and rescue operations.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: HOY 59
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1959-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Scottish Home Department (Production sponsor) Home Office (Production sponsor) RHR Productions (Production company) Taylor, Forbes (Production individual) Riley, Ronald H (Production individual) Taylor, Forbes (Production individual) Gamage, Fred (Production individual) Barker, Anne (Production individual) Abbott, Ron (Production individual) Larkins Studio (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 5 Footage: 4037 ft; Running time: 45 mins
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