VISIT OF THE MODERATOR OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND TO WESTERN FRONT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: VISIT OF THE MODERATOR OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND TO WESTERN FRONT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 217-5
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  • Summary: The Right Reverend E J Hagen, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, visits Scottish troops on 2nd Army's front along the River Maas in the Netherlands.
  • Description: START 00:06:57 Unedited footage filmed on a dull but dry winter's day at Sevenum in the province of Limburg showing a Scottish pipe and drum band marching along a track next to a sportsfield marked off by white tape, accompanied by several curious Dutch children. Senior officers from the 15th (Scottish) Division - including, possibly, the divisional padre - and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, wearing a dark coat and soft hat, watch the band perform on the sportsfield. The final shot shows an extremely tall officer, 15th (Scottish) Division's commander, Major-General C M Barber, talking across the Moderator to another officer whose cap badge possibly identifies him as an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders. END 00:07:57
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-12-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Jones, R J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Hagen, E J (person) Barber, Colin Muir (person) British Army, Second Army (regiment/service) British Army, 15th Division (regiment/service) British Army, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands (geography) Liberation of the Netherlands 1944-1945, North West Europe, Second World War (event) British Army 1939-1945 (theme) North West Europe 1944-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 90 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: At six feet nine inches tall, Colin Muir Barber was probably the tallest soldier in the British army. Almost inevitably, he was nicknamed "Tiny".
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