GOODBYE BLUES - 3RD BRITISH DIVISION'S CONCERT PARTY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GOODBYE BLUES - 3RD BRITISH DIVISION'S CONCERT PARTY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 100-3
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  • Summary: A concert party whose collective 'nom de guerre' is "Goodbye Blues" puts on a performance for 3rd Division troops, recently taken out of the Banneville Troarn section of the front and now resting north of Caen at Cazelle.
  • Description: Bedford 3-tonners bring the entertainers to the location of the concert where props and instruments, including a battered up-right piano, are unloaded. The band, 'Tommy Barnes Barnesstormers', performs a few numbers interspersed with comedy routines which, in one case, features a bogus French Gendarme.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 100-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Army Film Unit (Production company) Connolly, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Cazelles, France (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 281 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    A70 100-3

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