GREEK ROYAL PALACE GUARD PERFORM DANCE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GREEK ROYAL PALACE GUARD PERFORM DANCE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AAY 235
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  • Summary: Footage of a traditional dance performed by soldiers of the Greek Royal Palace Guard.
  • Description: (Rolls 15-16, 19/11/1944) Greek soldiers of the Royal Palace Guard in national costume perform a traditional dance in the courtyard of their barracks to the accompaniment of a large band. Young boys watch from the top of a wall. A couple of British RAF men are made to join in.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: AAY 235
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-11-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) RAF Film Production Unit No 2 (Production company) Coop, Eric W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Hellenic Army & Royal Palace Guard (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: arts, Greek - ethnic: dance (object name) recreation, Greek - dance (object name) Greece & Athens, Central Greece (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft (ca); Running time: 6 mins
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